History of the English Language:

The Archaeology of Fossil Poetry

Dr. Sean Meehan / Morningside College / English Department

 

 

         

 

 
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The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture. Language is fossil poetry.

            Emerson, “The Poet”

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.

Joan Didion

        

 

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