[Corpora-List] Moving Lexical Semantics from Alchemy to Science

[Oliver Mason]

An example from German: Vollzug (as seen on a station in Munich).

Either: full-length train (as opposed to 'Teilzug', a shorter train -
this was the intended meaning)
Or: Execution of sentences (eg 'Justizvollzug', enforcing of prison sentences)

Oliver


On 28 January 2011 13:35, James Vanden Bosch <VAND at calvin.edu> wrote:
> Moral holiday? Pathetic fallacy?
>
> Jim
>
> James Vanden Bosch
> Professor of English
> Department of English
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>
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>>>> "Magnar Brekke" <Magnar.Brekke at nhh.no> 1/28/2011 6:28 AM >>>
> My particular favorite was provided by BBC Radio 4 many years ago:
> "a mentally retarded services director"
>
> Magnar Brekke
> NHH-em.
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> Fra: corpora-bounces at uib.no på vegne av Justin Washtell
> Sendt: fr 28.01.2011 11:41
> Til: David Wible; John Williams
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>
> Nice example! :-)
>
> Justin Washtell
> University of Leeds
>
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> Wible [wible at stringnet.org]
> Sent: 28 January 2011 09:17
> To: John Williams
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> Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] Moving Lexical Semantics from Alchemy to Science
>
> How about 'heavy metal fans'?
>
> David
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:57 PM, John Williams
> <j0hnwh0ever.corpora at gmail.com<mailto:j0hnwh0ever.corpora at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> ... P.S. Anyone have some other ambiguous open compounds they are familiar
> with, besides 'solar system'?
>
> 'golf club' springs to mind
>
> j0hn
>
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Dr Oliver Mason
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Head of Postgraduate Studies (Doctoral Research)
School of English, Drama, and ACS
The University of Birmingham
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