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Minimalism for Mimes—Watta Puntshlein SpecGram Vol CLXXV, No 4 Contents Universal Grammar: A Metatheoretical Approach—Étienne Plusrose

A Sample of Self-DefinersHistorical Linguistics, Etymology, and Sound Changes: Part I

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Here is a fifth hand-curated selection from “Appendix A: A Self-Defining Linguistic Glossary”, a.k.a. “The only truly reliable cram sheet for your Linguistics 101 final”, from The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics.

  • affricxation
  • B.A.C.K.R.O.N.Y.M.: Backformed Acronym Coerced Knowingly Regardless Of Not Yielding Meaning
  • Barddolomae’s Law
  • Brugmāna’s Law
  • Loanword is a calque of German Lehnwort.
  • cognate/Sp. cognado/Du. Cognaat/Ru. когнат
  • compeːsatory leːthening
  • condamination
  • kreyòl
  • dithsimilation
  • Edgerton’s Luau
  • eggcorn
  • etymos + -logia
  • Too bad if you don’t like expression clipping. Deal!
  • the firsth Germanih sount shifth
  • folk-entomology
  • fusiõ
  • I need to xerox three copies of my paper on genericized trademarks.
  • Something’s gonna undergo grammaticalization.
  • Grathman’s Law
  • græːt vuːl shift
  • Krimm’s Law

More to come...



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