The political power of 'the': A linguistic analysis
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 03:53
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study of the English definite article "the" demonstrates that even seemingly drab function words can send powerful social and political signals. The study "Pragmatics and the social life of the English definite article," by Eric Acton (Eastern Michigan University) will be published in the March, 2019 issue of the scholarly journal Language.