So for my final essay I have the thought of a topic and kinda a basis but not exactly sure what to expand on. So recently I have encountered people that are not familiar with the slang I am using. Some examples were ‘in my bag’, ‘cappin’, and ‘zooted’. Just some examples and I was either told not to use them as it didn’t look good for the person or just that i had to explain myself as to how i came across the word and even had to urban dictionary it for them to believe that it was a real word. So i will be trying to find where the words originated and how they were intended to be used then how they are used now. So i figured thats what i would like to do but I am not sure how to expand on that and relate it back to our class topics. Also how many words should I be working with, because there is way to many slang words to do ‘most’ but I also don’t know how much and what they should be. Also for research sources like i plan on googling and searching the words and see what i get as a result. I’ll be using the class text i believe and maybe the csi library as a resource if i need it. I dont think i need to survey people but i do think it would be interesting as to see if people know the words and their meaning because that part really interests me. So im also not sure how to go about it.
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Blog Post 3- Olivia Villafane
- Applesauce: Endocentric. [[apple]N [sauce]N] N
- Meatloaf: Endocentric. [[meat]N [loaf]N]N
- Honeydew: Exocentric. [[honey]N [dew]N]N
- Eggplant: Exocentric. [[egg]N [plant]N]N
- Milkshake: Exocentric. [[milk]N [shake]v]N
Blog Post 4
I think for my final paper, I would like to discuss the topic of compounding and how lexemes form compounds that are not self explanatory. For example, ‘Super Bowl’ or ‘greenhouse’. You would have to know the meaning of these words to understand what they are, not just the lexemes that form them. I would like to explain the difference between endocentric and exocentric compounds and go into detail regarding the head of compounds and they’re purpose. Exocentric compounds are those without a head, for example, ‘dashboard’. Rather than ‘blueberry’ which a berry by itself and blue is the head which indicates the type of berry it is. Basically the purpose of my paper would be breaking down the structure of compound words and to include how they are used in everyday speaking. I would also like to discuss how new compound words are formed and used in terms of slang and how they are used in today’s society when people communicate. I think it’s a fairly simple topic, however I want to focus more on me researching and providing information rather than just paraphrasing what we learned in class. I think something interesting to add would be a social experiment in which I can ask people to come up with one set of words with exocentric words and one set with endocentric words and see what they come up with. I think it will be interesting because people usually don’t give it any thought when using these words everyday
Blog Post 4
For the final paper, I am looking to discuss derivation vs. compounding. I will discuss each word-formation process for creating new lexemes in depth. I will show any similarities and differences I find between them. I plan to also discuss in my paper topics like right-hand rule, endocentric compounds, and exocentric compounds. I was also thinking about discussing how derivation and compounding may fit into other languages beside English. Maybe see if the differences and similarities are the same but I need to do some more research on that. An issue I feel that may occur is having too much information and needing to make sure I narrow it down to stay focused. I feel this issue is also a positive because this topic will allow me a lot of freedom in what I want to discuss. For now, I am planning to use our textbook as one of my sources. I have found some website’s that look promising, but I have not committed to using any just yet. There is so much information on the internet, I want to make sure the sites are credible before using the information. I found an excerpt from a linguistic book from England that may help in my topic on other languages, but I am still reading through it. I am looking forward to writing this paper on this topic.
Blog Post #3
Ladyfinger-Exocentric
[[Ladyfinger]N[Lady]N[finger]V]]N
Meatball-Exocentric
[[Meatball]N[Meat]N[ball]N]]N
Grapefruit- Endocentric
[[Grapefruit]N[Grape]N[fruit]N]]N
Chestnut-Endocentric
[[Chestnut]N[Chest]N[nut]N]]N
Popcorn-Endocentric
[[Popcorn]N[Pop]V[corn]N]]N
Blog Post #3
pork chop – endocentric
[[pork]n [chop]v] N
apple pie – endocentric
[[apple] n [pie] n] N
mozzarella sticks – exocentric
[[mozzarella] A [stick]n] N
cheeseburger – endocentric
[[cheese] n [burger]n] N
chocolate cake – endocentric
[[chocolate]n [cake]n] N
SDevine Blog Post #3
- “Lamb Chop” [[lamb] N [chop] V] N → endocentric
- “Carrot Cake” [[carrot] N [cake] N] N → endocentric
- “Sweet Potato” [[sweet] A [potato] N] N → endocentric
- “Buffalo Wings” [[buffalo] N [wings] N] N → exocentric (they are not wings from a buffalo)
- “Hot Dog” [[hot] A [dog] N] N → exocentric (they are not dogs (the animal) which are hot)
Blog post #3
Cheese burger [ [cheese]n [ burger]n ]n- endocentric
Pumpkin pie [[ pumpkin]n [ pie]n]n- endocentric
Chocolate cake [[ chocolate]n [cake]n]n – endocentric
Black berry [[ black]a [ berry]n ]n – endocentric
Chicken fingers [[ chicken]n [ fingers]n ]n – exocentric because they aren’t fingers from a chicken
Blog Post #3
“berry cake”(endocentric)-[[berry]N[cake]N]N
“strawberry”(endocentric)-[[straw]N[berry]N]N
“cupcake”(endocentric)-[[cup]N[cake]N]N
“cheeseburger”(endocentric)-[[cheese]N[burger]N]N
“popcorn”(exocentric)-[[pop]v[corn]n]N
Blog post 3
[[cheese] N [burger]N]N -endocentric
[[blue] A [berry]N] N – endocentric
[[black]A [currant] N]N – endocentric
[[ginger]N [bread]N] N -endocentric
[[hot]A [dog]N] N – exocentric
