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Dr. Schleifer Interview: Johnson's Work Left Room for Improvement

In this interview, I sat down with Dr. Paul Schleifer, an English professor who specializes in English as a spoken language. I asked him various questions about Samuel Johnson and […]

November 15, 2020March 15, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies

Dr. Schleifer Interview: The Success of the OED and Samuel Johnson as an Inspiration

In this interview, I sat down with Dr. Paul Schleifer, an English professor who specializes in English as a spoken language. I asked him various questions about Samuel Johnson and […]

November 14, 2020March 15, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies

Dr. Schleifer Interview: How Samuel Johnson Became a Christian in College

In this interview, I sat down with Dr. Paul Schleifer, an English professor who specializes in English as a spoken language. I asked him various questions about Samuel Johnson and […]

November 13, 2020March 15, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies, Religious Studies

Dr. Schleifer Interview: Elitist Criticism of the Oxford English Dictionary

In this interview, I sat down with Dr. Paul Schleifer, an English professor who specializes in English as a spoken language. I asked him various questions about Samuel Johnson and […]

November 12, 2020March 15, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies

Dr. Schleifer Interview: English is an Evolving Language

In this interview, I sat down with Dr. Paul Schleifer, an English professor who specializes in English as a spoken language. I asked him various questions about Samuel Johnson and […]

November 11, 2020March 15, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies

Dr. Schleifer Interview: The Influence of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

In this interview, I sat down with Dr Paul Schleifer, an English professor who specializes in English as a spoken language. I asked him various questions about Samuel Johnson and […]

November 10, 2020March 15, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies

Dr. Schleifer Interview: Samuel Johnson's Influence on Future Lexicographers

I sat down with Dr. Paul Schleifer, professor of English at Southern Wesleyan University, who specializes in English as a spoken language, to discuss the impact that Samuel Johnson’s work […]

November 9, 2020March 15, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies

Samuel Johnson: Foundations of Lexicography

There is no argument that Samuel Johnson had influence on society due to his work creating the first influential dictionary for the English language. His dictionary is one of the […]

November 2, 2020March 24, 2021 Delaney Byers Language Studies

Rules That Work

Miranda Alexander Words have power.  They can create and they can destroy.  Too often I think we forget just how vital they are and how much we cling to them.  […]

March 29, 2019March 1, 2021 Miranda Alexander Language Studies, Literary Studies

Puberty Haunts Everyone—Bragg’s Story of the English Language

Rebecca Reese The English language has come through many different stages. It went through an infantile stage where it did not know much about itself or how to get around […]

March 4, 2019March 16, 2021 Rebecca Reese Language Studies

Hey You Kids, Get Off My Lawn: The Story of English

Marshall Tankersley Why is the English Language so elusive? While other languages like French have their edges clearly and well defined, English hops and skips along nonchalantly, grabbing new words […]

February 4, 2019March 16, 2021 Marshall Tankersley Language Studies

Inkorn terms in The Meaning of Everything

By Quinton Bent In 1604, “som one learned did go out gathering”, and eventually produced what the entire literary universe was apparently waiting for. Robert Cawdrey, a schoolmaster from Oakham […]

January 11, 2019March 15, 2021 Quinton Bent Language Studies

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