Category: Language Studies
Posts of studies and ideas about the English language, grammar, and linguistics
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]