Take the following as truth: Notwithstanding the valuable role he plays in inspiring nonlinguists to think about language and in informing them about myriad facets of the subject, I find it hard slogging (or, as he would probably write,  sloguing ).
Then the following statement: "Even though he usefully converses with nonlinguists, I find it very difficult." is true, false, or inconclusive?
Answer: True