Language Change, Poetry, Politics, and Common Usage

by Jeffrey Egan Welch (Editor), Peter Lynch (Editor), David F. Armstrong (Contributor)

The five essays published in this volume were delivered as lectures at the symposium "Language Change; Poetry, Politics and Common Usage," which was brought into being by the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, taking place in March of 2000. The contributors are: David F. Armstrong, Roderick Watt, CD Wright, Olga Meerson and Bruce Sterling. Each essay addresses the subject of language change from a tantalizing and individual perspective. In each case, the assumptions and the methods of approach respond to contemporary anxieties.

99 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001