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Topic: Blend (linguistics)

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English blend structure Thus far, I have examined cognitive and linguistic principles that could affect blend structure, leaving aside the social motivations of speakers who invent blends. Three studies demonstrate that aspects of English blend structures like "brunch" are quite predictable from cognitive and linguistic principles. This approach was used to predict successfully some major aspects of blend structure, such as the order in which word components are mentioned and the boundary between them. www.sas.upenn.edu /~kellym/blend.html

MBR: Internet Bookwatch, November 2001 Baker postulates a new 'periodic table of language' in an intriguing breakthrough blend of linguistics and science. College-level linguistics students, in particular, will relish the ideas. Elements of time recognition and artistic pursuits are embraced by Grenwood, who challenges Chomsky's grammar set and replaces it with a new 'transactive grammar' based on language and music. www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/nov_01.htm   (16300 words)

Misdirections Magic Shop -- Books A wide and eclectic blend of magic, mentalism, essays on enchantment, psychology, linguistics and more that I use almost daily in my work. Not for the novice, this book simply hints at methodology, preferring instead, as with all good bizarre magick, to focus on the presentation and mood. May your inquisitive mind bloom and creations blossom." This excursion into the world of Bizzarism is a collection of powerful but simple bizarre effects as well as poems and stories useful for atmosphere and just plain getting you in the ookie mood. www.misdirections.com /shop3.html   (16300 words)

BLENDING AND METAPHOR If conceptual metaphor theory is primarily concerned with well-established metaphoric associations between concepts, and blending theory focuses on the ability to combine elements from familiar conceptualizations into new and meaningful ones, then conceptual metaphors are among the stable structures available for exploitation by the blending process. Like metaphors, the conceptual blend underlying this sentence involves counterparts, construed as crucially different, which are fused in the blended space; a single entity there corresponds to a different person in each of the inputs. As a result, the metaphorical mapping between the nation and the ship, the nation's history and the ship's course over the sea, and so forth, is now stored in memory and provides a trigger that allows conceptual blending to proceed, including the kinds of creative conceptual manipulation we examined in the last section. markturner.org /blendaphor.html   (7362 words)

Critical Discourse Analysis The language of television news, as a particular style of discourse, is a complex blend of national, social, economic, and linguistic traditions which work in tandem with audience expectations. The critical use of discourse analysis (CDA) in applied linguistics is leading to the development of a different approach to understanding media messages. Robert Kaplan, "Concluding Essay: On Applied Linguistics and Discourse Analysis," ed Robert Kaplan, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, Vol. users.utu.fi /bredelli/cda.html   (3526 words)

Portmanteau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The term used in linguistics is blend (see the section linguistics below). A portmanteau (plural: portmanteaux) is a word that is formed by combining both sounds and meanings from two or more words. It can also be called a frankenword (incidentally, this is another example of a portmanteau). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portmanteau   (640 words)

MED Magazine The fun thing about the term frankenword as an alternative to the technical terms portmanteau or blend, is that it is self-referring, i.e.: the term frankenword is itself a frankenword, being a blend of the words Frankenstein (the name of the monster made from various body parts in the novel by Mary Shelley) and word. The term frankenword is in fact just another way of referring to an established concept in linguistics: that of portmanteau words. Frankenwords were appearing in all aspects of late twentieth century life, with terms like docudrama and docusoap (documentary and drama/soap) occurring on television, netiquette (Internet and etiquette) in the virtual world, and adultescent (adult and adolescent) or kidult (kid and adult) in demographic description. www.macmillandictionary.com /MED-Magazine/october2004/23-New-Word-frankenword.htm   (1252 words)

Devlin's Angle: Soft Mathematics The focus of my article is the blend of mathematics and techniques of the social sciences that is increasingly prevalent in economics, management science, psychology, cognitive science, sociology, linguistics, and the like. The result is not that linguistics becomes part of mathematics, or even a "mathematical science" (in the sense of, say, physics). By "soft mathematics" I don't mean "applied mathematics." Nor do I mean "mathematical modeling." And I certainly don't mean the use of statistics in the social sciences. www.maa.org /devlin/devlinangle_april.html   (1252 words)

Portmanteau - Art History Online Reference and Guide The term used in linguistics is blend (see Portmanteaus in linguistics). A portmanteau (plural: portmanteaus or portmanteaux) is a word that is formed by combining two words. For the travelling case also called portmanteau, see portmanteau (travelling case). www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Portmanteau   (1252 words)

hs_vol1.txt The Schlumberger brothers were apparently more talented in physics than in linguistics. It was also he who wanted Schlumberger to become truly the crucible in which to blend the best of Europe and the best of America. And yet their discovery was almost fortuitous: they were not looking for it, since they were basically engaged in measuring resistivity to define the structure of the earth's subsurface. ww_heco.home.mindspring.com /wwheco2/hs_vol1.txt   (20714 words)

An Enchanted Evening Revised As you can see, "Enchanted" is a wide and eclectic blend of magic, mentalism, essays on enchantment, psychology, linguistics and loads more in one place. "Enchanted Evening" has enchanted many of our best performers, and changed how we view ourselves and our art. As one friend put it, "It's as eclectic and as interesting as you Kenton -- it's pure Kenton, but everyone will benefit from it greatly whoever they are". www.thecentertear.com /?nd=full&key=3119   (309 words)

The Math Forum - Soft Mathematics: The Mathematics of People (Short Version) The idea behind soft mathematics is to blend the use of mathematics - often little more than a few mathematical objects, the use of algebraic notation, the occasional definition - with other descriptive and analytic techniques, techniques from the various social sciences. These are the areas in which the so-called 'soft' sciences have sprung up-psychology, sociology, linguistics, management science, political science, and economics. Dr Keith Devlin is Dean of Science and Professor of Mathematics at Saint Mary's College of California, in Moraga, California, a Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), and a Consulting Research Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh. mathforum.org /social/articles/softmath.short.html   (309 words)

Linguistic Society of America - Fields of Linguistics These creole languages are a blend of mostly European vocabulary with a grammar representing a compromise between that of the West African substrate and that of the European superstrate. Research on the linguistic aspects of language contact leads uto insight on the nature of linguistic systems, the mechanisms by which they interact to produce new strategies of communication, the creativity of human beings in adopting and adapting new materials to be reshaped into new manifestations of the human faculty of language. Among the most interesting cases of language contact are those which came about as the result of trade or of colonial expansion. www.lsadc.org /fields/index.php?aaa=contact.htm   (1497 words)

Teaching for Conceptual Integration Conceptual Integration Theory has been used in cognitive science, psychology, and linguistics to understand the processes by which humans take seemingly disparate information and blend the ideas into a new, coherent, and fundamentally different whole. In TCI classes, a pair of instructors (one from each of the two subject areas) uses principles derived from Conceptual Integration Theory to focus on how student learning and understanding can be enhanced when the classroom teacher intentionally weaves together teaching methods, concepts, and process from those subject areas. Teaching for Conceptual Integration (TCI) centers on the systematic examination of teaching to build conceptual understanding in each of the major subject areas of the elementary school curriculum (Reading/Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Science) through deliberately integrating subject areas two at a time. www.nl.edu /academics/nce/programs/curricinst/TCI.cfm   (1497 words)

The Word Nerds--A Weekly Podcast About Language Dave and Howard explore the "-nym" words of linguistics: terms used to categorize types of words. Dave and Howard discuss the formation of blend words, popularly known as "portmanteau words," and their effect on language change. Rude word of the week: "Donald Trump" (an example of Cockney rhyming slang, based on the name of the famous American tycoon and television reality-show star) (23:42) thewordnerds.org   (1398 words)

ISEP Institutions Academic notes: Urbino provides an ideal setting for students of classics, Italian language, linguistics, literature, and art and archeology, particularly Etruscan, Greek, Roman, and medieval periods. Facilities are a blend of restored historic buildings and modern lecture halls and offices, including a student center beyond the city walls. The birthplace of Raphael, its centerpiece is the 15th-century palace built by the Duke of Montefeltro. www.isep.org /nus/italy   (1398 words)

Portmanteau In linguistics, a portmanteau word (also called a blend, portmanteau or frankenword) is a word that is formed by combining two or more words. A portmanteau, plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux is a large travelling case made of leather. An example of a portmanteau is "smog", a combination of the words "smoke" and "fog". www.wikiverse.org /portmanteau   (298 words)

Computers and Internet [encyclopedia] It has roots in electrical engineering, mathematics and linguistics, and is a blend of science, engineering and art. It communicates with other electronic devices to receive data, store and manipulate them (using mathematical and logical calculations specified in a sequence of instructions called a program), and transmit the results, e.g accept a sequence of numbers typed in at a keyboard, and plot a graph of them on a visual display unit, or monitor. Computer science is the study of computers and their applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation. kosmoi.com /Computer   (298 words)

The Why Files Inventing language ABSL stands out from other emerging languages because it arose in a stable community and is apparently not a blend of older languages. Linguists don't get many chances to watch the early stages of a new language, and they were surprised to see how rapidly the word-order convention developed, says Mark Aronoff, a professor of linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The Bedouins are an insular ethnic community that used to live a nomadic life in the Negev. whyfiles.org /shorties/170lang_develop   (550 words)

MBR: Internet Bookwatch, December 2003 Author Jack Nisbet's intention in Visible Bones is to show how varied relics of the past have been altered over time: geology and changes blend with human records of change, taken from ship logs, field journals and news accounts, to make for a strong portrait of a dynamic, changing landscape. This revised edition tackles the subject of the origins of language, using new clues from linguistic and archaeological evidence to provide general readers with a strong introduction to linguistics. Costume curator Olian chronicles what kids ages 4-16 were wearing during these fifty years, from knickerbocker suits for boys to corsets for growing girls. www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/dec_03.htm   (550 words)

soc.culture.thai Language FAQ It is possible that the Thai word "farangset" ("French") is a blend of the word "farang" and the French word "francais", ie., "farangset" is actually derived from "farang", not vice versa. From: sct-faq@nucleus.nectec.or.th (soc.culture.thai FAQ maintainer) Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai Subject: soc.culture.thai Language FAQ Date: 15 Feb 1999 03:00:05 +0700 Message-ID: Reply-To: sct-faq@nucleus.nectec.or.th Summary: This posting contains language and linguistics information for the soc.culture.thai newsgroup. As Thai is a tonal language with five different tones, it often confuses foreigners who are unused to this kind of language. www.faqs.org /faqs/thai/language   (2387 words)

Linguistic Society of America - Fields of Linguistics Research on the linguistic aspects of language contact leads uto insight on the nature of linguistic systems, the mechanisms by which they interact to produce new strategies of communication, the creativity of human beings in adopting and adapting new materials to be reshaped into new manifestations of the human faculty of language. These creole languages are a blend of mostly European vocabulary with a grammar representing a compromise between that of the West African substrate and that of the European superstrate. It would appear that language contact situations generally are subject to two often conflicting forces--the need to achieve communicative efficiency adequate for the purpose of the interaction (dynamics of accommodation) and the need to preserve a distinct sense of group identity (group loyalty). www.lsadc.org /fields/index.php?aaa=contact.htm   (1497 words)

ABC News: 'Red State, Blue State' Voted Top Phrase Other nominees for word of the year were: flip-flopper, a politician who changes political stances; meet-up, a local special interest meeting organized though a national Web site; mash-up, a blend of two songs or albums into a single cohesive musical work; and wardrobe malfunction, an unanticipated exposure of bodily parts. "It was the best candidate for word of the year," said Dennis Preston, a professor of linguistics at Michigan State University. Attendees at the annual convention of the Linguistic Society of America on Friday chose the word or phrase that dominated national discourse over the course of the last year. abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=398736   (379 words)

History Bump: February 2005 Archives Old guard rhetoricians resisted the move (around 1890s) to blend composition and rhetoric into a consolidated area of study. "A Road to Success for Language-Minority High School Students." Linguistics for Teachers. This desire to have the secondary schools teach grammar as mechanical lessons was complicated by the fact that right about the same time, secondary educators were beginning to recognize that explicit knowledge of grammar rules did little to help students learn to communicate effectively. wrt-howard.syr.edu /historybump/archives/2005/02   (379 words)

MBR: Internet Bookwatch, December 2003 This revised edition tackles the subject of the origins of language, using new clues from linguistic and archaeological evidence to provide general readers with a strong introduction to linguistics. Author Jack Nisbet's intention in Visible Bones is to show how varied relics of the past have been altered over time: geology and changes blend with human records of change, taken from ship logs, field journals and news accounts, to make for a strong portrait of a dynamic, changing landscape. Roy Strong's Feast is inviting history of grand eating examines the social history and cultural phenomenon of entertaining and feasts; from its early heyday in the 9th century when a Babylonian emperor invited 70,000 guests for dinner, to modern times. www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/dec_03.htm   (14486 words)

Louisiana International Trade Bulletin - June 99 She has an M.A. degree in international transactions, which is a blend of economics, business, and trade with an international emphasis, and also an M.A. in linguistics. Hong Kong is a major business hub for East Asia and a popular destination for foreign direct investment, regional office headquarters, and cargo transshipments. The World Trade Center, Bank One International Corporation, and other organizations are sponsoring an all-day seminar on Tuesday, June 15 at the WTC on "Understanding Letters of Credit." The seminar will be conducted by Madeline Sprague, Vice President and International Sales Specialist for Bank One International Corporation. www.wtc-no.org /bulletin/1999/litb9906.htm   (5521 words)

Linguists Gone Wild! - Why "wardrobe malfunction" wasn't the Word of the Year. By Jesse Sheidlower In Most Likely To Succeed, Anne Curzan, editor of the Journal of English Linguistics, nominated crunk, a rap term referring variously to a state of rowdiness, excitement, or intoxication and also used as the name for a style of rap music. But my nominee mash-up, a blend of songs into a cohesive musical whole, was also strong, as was the red state, blue state, purple state of our current political map. The American Dialect Society, which meets in association with the Linguistic Society of America, is the main scholarly group devoted to the study of language in America, and most of the time, it devotes itself to serious concerns. slate.msn.com /id/2112150   (5521 words)

Aryan Invasions The culture of the Baltic speakers, Prussians, Lithuanians, and Latvians farther east along the Baltic Sea coast is a true blend of Old European and Indo-European social systems and religions. Archeological evidence, supported by comparative Indo-European linguistics and mythology, suggests a clash of two ideologies, social structures and economies perpetrated by trauma-inducing institutions. In western Europe, several cultural islands, like strongholds, have continued Old European traditions throughout the millennia: the Basques in the western Pyrenees of northern Spain and southwestern France, the Iberians in southeast and eastern Spain, and the Picts in the Scottish Highlands. users.cyberone.com.au /myers/gimbutas.html   (5521 words)

Words: Woe and Wonder In a 1998 article in the Journal of English Linguistics, University of Toronto professor Jack Chambers estimates that “Canadians have been yod droppers” for at least 70 years, and “presumably longer than that.” (Surveys weren’t conducted before the 1920s.) Some of us use a blend of sounds in our speech. Scholars who study the way we talk refer to this type of missing “y” sound as “yod dropping,” and it’s been happening in this country for a very long time. www.cbc.ca /news/indepth/words/letters_mnopspteiche.html   (5521 words)

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