# 5 things everybody should know about language: Outline of linguistics' contribution to the liberal arts curriculum

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The piece proposes five sociolinguistic principles for general education and argues against grammar-centred language teaching.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 1 January 2014

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 1 January 2014
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: linguistics, language-education, language-variation, linguistic-prescriptivism.

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