Content tagged with “linquistics”

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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
June 26, 2016
Words
426

“Here’s the basic premise – Images and writing are very different. They utilize different parts of the brain. Images are feminine, writing is masculine. Images are perceived all at once, holistically – we step back and take in a visual scene, in aggregate. Writing, on the other hand, is sequential –…”

Metaphors We Live By
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Date
August 19, 2017
Words
125

“I’m not rating this because it wasn’t what I expected, and so I don’t know how to rate it. This is a book for linguists and perhaps psychologists. This is not a book for writers, and this is not a book for laypeople. This is a very dense, abstract book for people who think very abstractly and…”

Nonce
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
November 14, 2021
Words
299

“In linguistics, a fake word invented to fill a specific, immediate language need. One envisions a child making up a word to refer to something her or she doesn’t know the actual name of. ‘for the none’ is Middle English for ‘for this one time.’ The term is also used in programming to refer to a…”

Onomatopoeia
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
September 8, 2021
Words
90

“ For example: ‘Bang!’ or ‘buzz’ or ‘hiss.’ Saying the word also makes the sound. ”