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Folk-linguistic fictions and the explananda of the language sciences
New Ideas in Psychology, 2016Abstract For the past two millennia, the explananda of language theory have been inherited from the Western linguistic tradition. The legacy is what might be called “the Western linguistic imaginary”: An indeterminate but deeply mesmerizing inventory of entities, properties, and powers of language commonly attributed to language and language-users ...
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Rewriting Initialisms: Folk Derivations and Linguistic Riddles
The Journal of American Folklore, 1989The widespread use of initialisms in American culture has led to the coining of popular, mocking derivationsfor theseforms. No type ofinitialism seems immune from this practice. Even words can be treated as initialisms to be rewritten with parodic derivations.
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Folk Linguistics. Trends in Linguistics
Asian Folklore Studies, 2002Deniz Zeyrek +2 more
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FOLK LINGUISTIC PERCEPTIONS AND THE MAPPING OF DIALECT BOUNDARIES
American Speech, 2003La constitution de cartes representant les frontieres linguistiques et les variations dialectales est generallement basee sur l'analyse des productions, des formes de dialectes. Dans cet article, l'A. montre l'interet d'une dialectologie populaire, qui prenne en compte les perceptions et attitudes des habitants vis-a-vis des variations linguistiques ...
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Linguistic Characteristics of Oronym In Folk Epistles
American Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanity ResearchThis article presents observations on the analysis, classification, and linguistic foundations of onomastic units in folk literature, as well as field research and sources.
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The Spelling Bee: A Linguistic Institution of the American Folk
PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 1941We resort to many expedients in order to maintain the arbitrary character of English spelling. We ask that our children be drilled endlessly in school, we do homage to “the dictionary” as an arbiter of linguistic matters, and we cast a supercilious smile that cuts deep upon anyone who deviates from conventional orthography.
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A Linguistic Approach to the Analysis of Folk Etymology
Lore and language, 2003This article aims to give a brief description of folk etymology or false etymology from a linguistic point of view. The projected plan is to present a sample ofwords which have been modified under the influence of false derivation, or have in some way been altered from their original form or meaning by false analogy.
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