The decision to remove and add certain words was made to reflect children’s experiences today, a concerning testament to our modern world. As an example, he highlighted the “culling” of words such as acorn, catkin, kingfisher, lark and willow from the Oxford Junior Dictionary in favour of words such as blog, bullet-point, committee and voicemail. Words, and consequently experiences related to the natural world, were slowly disappearing from children’s vocabulary. In his research, Macfarlane came across a worrisome fact. In its introduction, it also highlighted a troubling issue. It is a field guide to literature I love….” The book was, as Macfarlane explained in his introduction: “… a book about the power of language – strong style, single words – to shape our sense of place. Back in 2015, the author Robert Macfarlane published Landmarks, a “joyous meditation on land and language” (Observer, 2015).
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