Language Technologies in A Connecticut Yankee

Two touchstones of A Connecticut Yankee criticism are technology and language. Several excellent studies have interrelated the two, demonstrating that the language of the novel can be a guide to Mark Twain's indecisive attitudes toward technological "progress." Acknowledging an intimate relationship between thought and language, some claim that Hank's absorption of Arthurian language indicates that he gradually adopts medieval ideas, allegiances, and values that are contrary to the humanitarian goals he pretends to seek.' As enlightening as these investigations are, like American