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  • reprint from 8/23/07 The Ancient, Modern, and Future Language of “Dog.” Part 1. The Ancient. Wherein the Author describes the Border War between Linguists on the history of the proto-word […]

    The Ancient Language of Dog

    reprint from 8/23/07 The Ancient, Modern, and Future Language of “Dog.” Part 1. The Ancient. Wherein the Author describes the Border War between Linguists on the history of the proto-word […]

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  • One of the tried, true, and now extinct tests of language acuity on the SAT is the analogy. I mourn its passing. Analogies bring out relationships between words and concepts […]

    A Sense for Words

    One of the tried, true, and now extinct tests of language acuity on the SAT is the analogy. I mourn its passing. Analogies bring out relationships between words and concepts […]

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  • For the first post in the “Texutal Analysis 101” series, I’d like to start with a song that is particularly vulnerable to shallow and hasty interpretations. The ironic and jaded […]

    On “Hallelujah”

    For the first post in the “Texutal Analysis 101” series, I’d like to start with a song that is particularly vulnerable to shallow and hasty interpretations. The ironic and jaded […]

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  • When was the last time you carefully listened to the lyrics of your favorite song and asked what was really happening? Too often we are swept away by the melody […]

    Textual Analysis 101

    When was the last time you carefully listened to the lyrics of your favorite song and asked what was really happening? Too often we are swept away by the melody […]

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  • reprint from this blog 8/24/07The Ancient, Modern, and Future Language of “Dog.” Part 1. The Ancient. Wherein the Author describes the Border War between Linguists on the history of the […]

    The Modern Language of Dog

    reprint from this blog 8/24/07The Ancient, Modern, and Future Language of “Dog.” Part 1. The Ancient. Wherein the Author describes the Border War between Linguists on the history of the […]

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