Reference : MM-1-21-27

Name of creator(s) : Michael Moerman

Scope and content : Moerman refers to the work of the British poet and literary critic Empson (1930), in which he studies the influence of linguistic context on literature. More specifically, he looks at issues including 1) the ambiguity of the language, 2) the forms of ambiguity, 3) interaction with communication, 4) the standard form of the language, 5) language and psychology and 6) process analysis, and cites examples from the work of William Shakespeare.

Extent and medium : Punch card