once again, a great critical theorist. one norman fairclough. so, i wrote n. fairclough and thanked him for his generosity in positng free articles on the web. i mean, that’s class. and, it helps struggling students so much. he wrote back! i think his exact words were “glad to hear it…NLF.” i jumped around like i’d just met elvis! what in the world has happened to me? i mean, really! my absolute love of linguistics came about by chance, i believe. whilst a student at wwu, i went to see the very inspiring chomsky speak. i knew him only from great political writing, but was instead treated to a linguistic talk. getting into the whole gig, i thought i’d find my way to his theories. i was convinced IT, you know. however, along my meanderings, i have found other visionaries and absolutely incredible linguists. by the way, i dig my thesis advisor’s home page. i like the pic most of all.