Language, under God
Since hearing about the U.S. Supreme Court decision to make no decision about that controversial phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance, you have surely been saying to yourself, "Yes, fine, we've heard all the lawyers and pundits jabbering on about the case. But what is the linguistic perspective?"
Well, dear reader, if you followed the languagelog feed, you would know.
One nation [head], under God [adjunct]
Dysfunctional Shift
Never say never
Out with Under God
So now you know.
(Also on the religious language front, there's the ridiculousness of the Unitarians being referred to as a "controversial cult", but those of you on my favorite mailing list have already heard about that one.)
Well, dear reader, if you followed the languagelog feed, you would know.
One nation [head], under God [adjunct]
Dysfunctional Shift
Never say never
Out with Under God
So now you know.
(Also on the religious language front, there's the ridiculousness of the Unitarians being referred to as a "controversial cult", but those of you on my favorite mailing list have already heard about that one.)