The ways in which language changes never ceases to interest me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.
I was always influenced by language.
I'm not trying to stump anybody... it's the beauty of the language that I'm interested in.
I'm very interested in language because it reflects our obsessions and ways of conceptualising the world.
Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.
Language changes very fast.
I love language, and I love the failure of language.
In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also allows potentially threatening new words to develop, language needs the chance to constantly renew itself.
I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms.
English is the only interesting thing that's left in my life.