G&T for linguistics - what does this mean?

[spaceforthree]

My DS has been identified as G&T in linguistics - has anyone else got a child liek this? What does it mean in real terms?

[ragged]

I mean this in the nicest possible way -- you should ask his school, not us! And be happy for him in the meantime :).

[Devexity]

Does your child spend much of his time deconstructing the relationship of signs, signifiers and signifieds? Or debating post-Chomsky context-free grammars?

I think the most probable explanation is that someone at your DS's school doesn't know the meaning of the word linguistics.

[roisin]

Devexity!
pmsl

[syl39]

Linguistics is the general term for Language ( and all languages), how it's built( nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc...)and used.So your DS must be G&T in speaking, reading and writing , does he speak in a very imaginative way, reads stuff far beyond his age group?( for example). Congrats( from a languages teacher).

[singersgirl]

I've never heard of that definition of linguistics before, Syl. Linguistics is the scientific study of language; Devexity is spot on. I'd be surprised that any school was offering this. I opted to study general and historical linguistics as part of my degree.

[spaceforthree]

Yes devexity that's him all over LOL

I was a bit flummoxed myself. His reading is above average but I think others are better. But his speech and use of language and understanding is significantly higher than his peers. So (given I haven't discussed this yet with the school and given I have no understanding of the different G&T catagories) could he be identified just for language and not reading?