Language Hat has a good post talking about Robin J. Sowards' essay in The Minnesota Review encouraging literary critics to study linguistics. The Hat applauds, of course, though with reservations. Best part: he calls Chomsky the Dark Lord of Linguistics.

As a bonus, he throws in an aside on Slovak cursing.

[via Language Hat via Language Log via The Minnesota Review]

Labels: cursing, Language Hat, Language Log, linguistics, Noam Chomsky, The Minnesota Review