![]() ![]() ![]() The liberal artist begins with the language arts, the trivium, which is the basis of all learning because it teaches the tools for reading, writing, speaking, and listening. A liberal artist seeks the perfection of the human faculties. Sister Miriam Josephs book, The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric, invites the reader into a deeper understanding-one that includes rules, definitions, and guidelines, but whose ultimate end is to transform the reader into a liberal artist. Strunk and Whites Elements of Style and William Safires column, On Language, provide help on diction and syntax to contemporary writers and speakers. McGuffeys Readers introduced nineteenth-century students to correct English. Book Synopsis Who sets language policy today? Who made whom the grammar doctor? Lacking the equivalent of lAcadmie franaise, we English speakers must find our own way looking for guidance or vindication in source after source. About the Book This book involves understanding the nature and function of language. ![]()
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