Linguistics

Language in form and in use

This section gathers work in linguistics broadly conceived: syntax and semantics, rhetoric and discourse, public language, linguistic landscapes, language technology, and the cultural conditions in which meaning is made.

Some pieces are formal research projects; others use close reading or the essay as a method of analysis. Together, they reflect my interest in language both as a structured system and as a social and creative practice.

Ongoing studiesResearch projectsLonger investigations with explicit questions, methods, evidence, and limitations. Featured projectLinguistic LandscapesReading written language in public space as evidence of culture, practice, geography, and belonging.

Linguistics essays

Published pieces appear below, newest first.

Zen and the Art of Matsuo Bashō

Bashō’s haiku do more than render sensory images: within his travel writing, they also reveal interiority, shape narrative time, and point toward the Zen ideal of direct experience.

An English Grammar of Writing Poetry

Beginning with the noun “leaves,” this essay builds a poem phrase by phrase and uses syntax trees to trace the grammatical structure that emerges.

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Language in form and in use

Linguistics essays