Tag: Lexicography
Dictionary making, definitions, sense division, usage labels, etymology, corpora and the craft of describing words.
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English as Art | The Word That Did Not Exist Yesterday — Neologism, Coinage, Nonce Words, Blends, Affixation, Borrowing, Lexical Creativity and the Art of Naming the New | Vol.091
A longform study of neologism as artistic invention: how writers create words, how readers recognise novelty, how nonce formations become meaningful, and how new vocabulary enters the living English lexicon.
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English as Art | Every Word Has a Previous Life — Etymology, Semantic Change, Polysemy, Pejoration, Amelioration, Lexical Memory and the Art of Meaning Through Time | Vol.090
A longform study of etymology and semantic change as artistic material: how word histories, lost senses, metaphorical drift, pejoration, amelioration, borrowing and lexical memory give English prose and poetry temporal depth.