The Birth of "Language And"

Although the majority of my life hitherto has transpired without my realizing, I am a “language nerd,” a moniker earned through tiresome discussions on grammar, language change, and philosophy of language.

I have tried to fight it, calling my chosen field of study a pseudo-science with no objective data, but it is no use. I consistently return to my musty, old textbooks full of words articulating someone’s research.

Having to date completed my undergraduate studies in classical philology, I hope to attend graduate school in the fall of 2011 for a doctorate degree in historical linguistics. Quae cum ita sint,* I am not an expert. Instead of expert testimony, this blog will seek to (a) answer your, the reader’s, questions concerning all the language-related topics that you have that certain life-changing search engines do not provide concise enough or comprehensible enough information to be useful, and (b) provide an opportunity for me to “publish” some observations concerning language, from classical to colloquial and everything in between.

My main goal is to impart as much information as accurately and as understandably as possible. When I fail miserably at that goal, I want to know. Such criticism can only improve our collective understandings, but do try to be civil about it.

If this mission interests you, please consider following this blog and telling your friends to pay it a visit. 

*“Since these things are so” Lat.; Marcus Tullius Cicero.

I would not have added any Latin text, but I was inspired by the text Google automatically places in this text box: “Lorem ipsum vim ut utroque mandamus intellegebat, ut eam omittam ancillae sadipscing, per et eius soluta veritus.”