29.2429, Qs: Unusual Words Related to Relaxation
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Subject: 29.2429, Qs: Unusual Words Related to Relaxation
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Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:46:38
From: Nancy Stern [nstern.ccny at gmail.com]
Subject: Unusual Words Related to Relaxation
It's well known that different languages lexicalize different meanings. When I
teach introductory linguistics I often have an assignment in which students
find words in other languages whose meanings are not lexicalized in English -
for example, German schadenfreude, Danish hygge, Spanish sobremesa.
I am looking now for unusual words related to travel and/or relaxation. For
example, there's a not well-known word in English, coddiwomple, which means
to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination.
I am especially interested in words from Malaysia, Bangkok, the Middle East,
Urdu, Mayan, and Nahuatl. If you are aware of unusual meanings in *any*
language that refer to travel and/or relaxation, please reply on or off-line
at nstern.ccny at gmail.com
I will be happy to share a summary of responses.
Nancy Stern
Associate Professor
Programs in Bilingual Education and TESOL
The City College of New York
Program in Linguistics
CUNY Graduate Center
nstern.ccny at gmail.com
Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography
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