Linguistic term needed

Michael Mccafferty mmccaffe at indiana.edu
Mon Apr 12 21:11:36 UTC 2004


Thanks, Pam, for the spelling update. I also searched online--at
"paranomasia" and found a bunch of sites. But your spelling, with that
nice -onom- makes the term look more like something used in linguistics
than something used in Freud's clinic.

Michael

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Pamela Munro wrote:

> This was a new one on me, so I searched online and found that
> "paronomasia" seems to be a more common spelling, for what that's worth.
> (The dictionary seems to think it means about the same as "punning".) A
> useful term.
>
> Pam
>
>
> Rory M Larson wrote:
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> >>I believe the term paranomasia fits the bill. At least, that's what I
> >>
> >>
> >call
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> >>it my work. This happens occasionally in Native America historically.
> >>
> >>
> >I've
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> >>seen a couple of examples in the Midwest.
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> >Thanks, Michael!
> >
> >Yow!  What a mouthful!
> >
> >Rory
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> >
> >                      Michael Mccafferty
> >                      <mmccaffe at indiana.ed        To:       siouan at lists.colorado.edu
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> >                      Sent by:                    Subject:  Re: Linguistic term needed
> >                      owner-siouan at lists.c
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> >                      04/12/2004 06:50 AM
> >                      Please respond to
> >                      siouan
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> >I believe the term paranomasia fits the bill. At least, that's what I call
> >it my work. This happens occasionally in Native America historically. I've
> >seen a couple of examples in the Midwest.
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Rory M Larson wrote:
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> >>
> >>
> >>Does anybody have a proper linguistic term for the phenomenon
> >>of borrowing a word from a foreign language in such a way as to
> >>build a native construction that approximately chimes with the
> >>phonological sequence of the original?  I've been using "pun",
> >>but I suspect there's a more appropriate term for it.
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>Rory
> >>
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> >
> >"Those are my principles.
> >If you don't like them,
> >I have others."
> >
> >-Groucho Marx
> >
> >
> >"When I was born I was
> >so surprised that I didn't
> >talk for a year and a half."
> >
> >-Gracie Allen
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> Pamela Munro
> Professor, Department of Linguistics, UCLA
> UCLA Box 951543
> Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 USA
> http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/linguistics/people/munro/munro.htm
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"Those are my principles.
If you don't like them,
I have others."

-Groucho Marx


"When I was born I was
so surprised that I didn't
talk for a year and a half."

-Gracie Allen



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