Author: Paul Schleifer
Word of the Day: Calico
Paul Schleifer The dictionary.com definition of calico is “a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.” That’s in America. In Britain, it is a plain […]
Word of the Day: Credulous
Paul Schleifer Credulous means “willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence,” gullible or trusting or easily tricked or fooled. Also, “disposed to believe.” According […]
Word of the Day: Captious
Paul Schleifer Word of the Day: Captious According to Dictionary.com, definitions for captious include 1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. […]
Word of the Day: Voluble
Paul Schleifer February 27 2018 Word of the Day: Voluble We’re on a run of words that have to do with talking. Voluble means “chatty, gabby, mouthy, talkative, characterized by […]
Word of the Day: Garrulous
Paul Schleifer February 26 2018 Word of the Day: Garrulous Garrulous means “excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters,” according to dictionary.com. Synonyms include prating, babbling, […]
Word of the Day: Jabber
Paul Schleifer February 25 2018 Word of the Day: Jabber Jabber is both a noun and a verb. As a verb, it means “to talk or utter rapidly, indistinctly, incoherently, […]
Word of the Day: Idiosyncrasy
Paul Schleifer, SWU Professor February 24 2018 Word of the Day: idiosyncrasy The first definition of idiosyncrasy that one finds in the dictionary is usually “a tendency, type of behaviour, mannerism, […]
Word of the Day: Vacillate
Paul Schleifer February 23 2018 Word of the Day: vacillate Vacillate: 1. to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute; 2. to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger; 3. […]
Inside Freedom’s Hill Primer―News and Goings-On
Paul Schleifer, SWU Professor In the Fall of 2017, Sadie Wyant (an early contributor to Freedom’s Hill Primer) finished her project for the Honors Program at Southern Wesleyan University and graduated. […]
What Should We Teach in High School Literature Classes?
Paul Schleifer, SWU Professor If you were to come to my house, you might notice that the molding in one of our bathrooms is incomplete. It’s been incomplete for quite a […]
Most Amazing I Get Paid to Do This—A Conversation with Dr. Paul Schleifer
Priscilla Collins Dr. Paul Schleifer is Professor of English at Southern Wesleyan University where he has taught for over twenty years. His specific area of interest is in British Literature, […]
Negative Perceptions of Black English and its Speakers
Sadie Wyant The following presentation was given on November 4, 2017 at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association conference (SAMLA) in Atlanta, Georgia. This presentation was given in partial fulfillment […]