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Mon, Dec 18, 2023 22:00 PM

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Hosts: Mike Sargent, Kelly E. Wright

Topics:

* Meaning making -
Is objective meaning a thing because of how words change? -
* 3 dimensional perspective on meaning -
* Original meaning? And redefinition -
* Is folk etymology part of what makes a living language? -
* Meaning Framed for who? We bob -
* Folk etymology vs actual origins and meanings -
* Is Linguistic appropriation Cultural appropriation? -
* Is religion an example of Folk etymology? -
* The Everyday Language Of White Racism : language that purports to be anti - racist is framed almost entirely by a folk theory of racism, one that continues to contain overt and covert racist discourses, slurs, and epithets.
* The social life of slurs -
* Can Folk etymology both evolve and be used as a form of Linguistic Imperialism? -

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Folk Etymologies
and the habits of language

With Co-Host:

Kelly E. Wright - Wright's research in Sociophonetics, Neurolinguistics, and Historical Sociolinguistics focuses on the link between Linguistic Production and Perception. She applies mixed methodologies including machine learning; massive corpora studies; perceptual and cognitive experimentation; and quantitative phonetic and qualitative sociolinguistic analysis.

SPECIAL GUEST

Benjamin Zimmer is an American linguist, lexicographer, and language commentator. He is a language columnist for The Wall Street Journal and contributing editor for The Atlantic.

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Folk etymology (from [English] “folk” and Greek etymología -?τυμολογ?α- ‘true or original sense of a word) is defined as a change in the form and /or meaning of a word, which results from the incorrect assumption that it has a certain etymological origin. This supposition is triggered by some associations of form or meaning between the changing word, unfamiliar to the speakers, and a more familiar term.
What is a folk etymological alteration?
Explanation. In historical linguistics, folk etymology is usually described as a type of false analogy, which alters the form or meaning of an unfamiliar term so as to reflect the connection that speakers think that exists between it and a better-known or better-understood word.
What is the folk etymology of female?
"Historically, female, from Middle English femelle (from Old French femelle, a diminutive form of Latin femina 'woman/female'), is unrelated to male (Old French male/masle; Latin masculus ('little' man/male); but Middle English femelle was clearly remodeled into female based on the association with male

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Mon, Dec 18, 2023 22:00 PM

Folk Etymologies and the habits of language

Folk Etymologies
and the habits of language