My last entry on mistaken Latin morphology sent me off to reread the FAQ for the news group alt.usage.english. It includes a good write-up of the "between you and me" construction, as well as Greek and Latin plurals. There's also a sub-site dedicated to uk.culture.language.english.
I've been reading Linguistics in America: 1769-1924 by Julie Tetel Andresen. Ben Franklin's founding of the American Philosophical Society and Thomas Jefferson's study of Old English have been perking up my early mornings over coffee. Andresen's terminus ad quem is, of course, the year of the Call for the Linguistic Society of America. In need of further research is George Blaettermann, a Leipzig-trained linguist, who was appointed professor of modern languages at the University of Virginia in 1825.
Posted by jim at May 14, 2003 07:28 AM