[Lexicog] News time

[Fritz Goerling]

Hi Ron,

 

Yes, it was the one you attached on conceptual metaphors of "time" in
English.

Excellent!

 

Fritz

 

 

Hi Fritz,

 

I've written a couple of things on "time". I'm wondering which one you've
seen. I wrote a short piece on conceptual metaphors of time in English and
Koine Greek and how it impacts the translation of the Biblical references to
time. Is this the article you were referring to? I've attached it. Please
understand that it was written for a Christian audience and presumes that
worldview. I don't have time right now to rewrite it for a more general
audience. I hope it will be of interest and help. I found the study to be
fascinating.

 

Ron

 

 

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I wonder whether Ron Moe, member of this list, is willing to share with this
list

what he has written on "time." I think, Ron, what you have written is
profound

and eye-opening and of interest for lexicographers, lovers of words and
semanticists.

 

Fritz Goerling

--- In lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com, "John Roberts"
<dr_john_roberts at ...> wrote:
>
> It is not often that lexicographers feature on the BBC news website but 
> there is a posting there today where they do. The OUP have
researched what 
> are the most common nouns in the English language. The most common is 
> "time". This is partly because of the scores of expressions in English 
> featuring time. But it is mainly because English speakers like to
talk about 
> time a lot.
> 
> TOP 10 NOUNS
> 1 Time
> 2 Person
> 3 Year
> 4 Way
> 5 Day
> 6 Thing
> 7 Man
> 8 World
> 9 Life
> 10 Hand
> 
> But I found the most interesting comment was this:
> 
> "The thing that struck me when I put together this list was that 90%
of the 
> top 100 words were one syllable, and that a large proportion were
actually 
> from Old English, meaning the 

basic words we use all the time in basic 
> sentences are from before the Norman Conquest," he said. "We always
put the 
> focus on new words, changing language and words from other
countries, but in 
> reality the basic language we use has been the same for hundreds and 
> hundreds of years."
> 
> This means that at a fundamental level the English language hasn't
changed 
> much for over 2000 years.
> 
> John Roberts
>

It seems interesting to me that _time_ is also the first noun in The
American Heritage Word Frequency Book (1971) and in The Brown Count
(1967). 

Regards,
David K. Barnhart

 

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