Saturday, September 12, 2015
Geography of languages
Jorie Graham discusses the benefits of writing in English vs. other languages.
Why Is English Better for Poetry Than the Romance Languages?
-Romance languages are based on common Latin from the Roman empire mixed with the underlying existing languages in the Roman provinces. She makes the point that the farther you go away from the center of the Roman Empire, the more influence the preexisting native language had on the modern Romance language that developed there.
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