if she is a linguist then what theory does she work in generative grammar relational grammar i don t see tracing etymology as legitimate liinguistic analysis etymology is part of historical linguistics sure but historical linguists also have to knwo phonology so they can account for pronunciation changes over time is marina familiar with methods of phonological analysis such as optimality theory i don t think so she does not know a damn thing about linguistics and it sickens me that she poses as a linguist and brings shame to our entire discipline