Celeste Headlee hear talks about how communication in the 21st century has been broken down and more people than ever are not talking face to face, but through technology. We are more divided and less likely to compromise than ever, found in a study of 10,000 Americans. The balance between talking and listening in conversation has been lost, partly due to technology. A third of American teenagers send more than 100 texts a day and are more likely to text their friends than talk face to face. She then goes on to give advice on conversing; how to have an interesting and effective conversation. She gives tips such as "don't repeat yourself", "ask open ended questions" and "listen".
https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words
Erin Mckean is a lexicographer. She talks about how people who speak a language have the freedom to make new words in that language.
2 kinds of grammar.
The kind of grammar that if you’re a native or good speaker
of a language, you’ll have unconscious rules that you follow when you speak
language, like when you make the plural of any word. This experiment was invented
by Professor Jean Berko Gleason in 1958 at Boston University.
The other kind of grammar rules are more about manners. This
is what linguists call Usage.
6 ways to make new words
- Borrowing: Taking words from other languages. Eg. Ninja.
- Compounding: Putting two existing words together. Eg. Hearbroken.
- Blend: Mixing parts of two words. Eg. Brunch.
- Functional Shift: changing a noun to a verb. Eg. Friend, and to friend someone.
- Back Formation of Words: taking words from others. Ie. Edit from Editor.
- Acronyms and Initialisms: Abbreviations of words consisting of initial letters. Either pronounced separately or together. Eg. NASA or BBC.
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