"It's about the language and vernacular with which we relate to each other, " he says.

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Dante's vernacular remains an exciting language for poets to engage with because it still feels, linguistically, within our reach.

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In making the case for the language as it was spoken, the descriptivists did one great service: they encouraged studies of the vernacular.

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