TY - JOUR TI - Lexicology DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-tnaw-jz73 PY - 2020 AB - Lexicology is the study of the meanings and uses of words. It is also the title of this collection of short fiction, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. The stories in this collection are interested in that which cannot be communicated, in the shortcomings of language to express certain singular experiences and emotions, and in the moment where language’s ordered grammars fold to the disorder of our lives. This collection also examines alternative languages—the languages of blood, of fruit—as well as alternatives to language—anger, silence, death. How does language function and fail? How are lives shaped by its functions and lived despite its failures? The seven stories in this collection aim to address these questions. KW - Creative Writing LA - English ER -