Kristen Hanson: U.C. Berkeley: "A Linguistic View of Meter"
"To say that iambic pentameter consists of five weak-strongs except when it doesn't does not advance the discussion very far."
"The extraordinary metrical and semantic density of Hamlet's soliloquies..."
The moraic trochee as a psychological reality: "You can say fan-f***ing-tastic, or ala-f***ing-baster, but you cannot say fantas-f***ing-tic, or a-f***ing-labaster--at least, not if you want anybody to sit next to you voluntarily."
Posted by DeLong at November 10, 2003 07:39 PM | TrackBack
Is Dr. Hanson's paper available on-line?
Posted by: Jeremy Osner on November 11, 2003 07:03 AMHe's abso-f***ing-lutely right. He gets my congrata-f***-you-lations.
Posted by: Josh Narins on November 12, 2003 11:45 AM