Ronald Butters, Margreta de Grazia, Connie Eble, and Michael Montgomery address charges by critics and social observers that English grammar is on the decline, that the teaching of grammar is less emphasized. They address the question of inherent sexism in the language.
At the time of this interview, Butters was professor of English at Duke University and editor of the journal American Speech. De Grazia, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1982-83), was professor of English at Georgetown University. Eble was professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Montgomery was professor of English at the University of South Carolina.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
