Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Loading next page...
/lp/duke-university-press/the-dream-department-7GyBZ9k99Q
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-47.1.11
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
L Y N H E J I N I A N start w ith m y title, w h ich I hesitate to lim it by speaking aloud, since its m eaning depends on w h e re the stress—let's call it the poetic stress—m ig h t fall. It is a sim p le 5- syllable noun phrase, beginning w ith the d e finite article, the (or the e1): the, dream, de, part, ment. In A m erican English, the stress could fall na tu ra lly on eith er the second o r the fo u rth syllable, depending on one's m eaning: The Dream Departm ent o r The Dream D epartm ent. The firs t fo rm o f the phrase, the dream departm ent, evokes an image o f a de pa rtm e nt o r category o r structural o r conceptual enclave o r terrain that harbors or addresses or oversees o r oth erw ise handles dre am in g or dream s.The Dream Department. The second fo rm o f the phrase, the dream depa rtm e nt, evokes the im age o f a d e p
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2009