http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog language perspectives Thu, 08 May 2008 18:20:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en it's been fun teaching this class. i'd do it again any time. here's my final: Language & Humor Final Exam Spring 2008   Choose one question from each category. Answer each question thoroughly in one page or less. Please write legibly, since I won't be able to grade it otherwise. Provide thoughtful analysis and ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/18 for Dan Sanford’s 490/590 seminar: Formulaic Language. i had to pick two out of these four: What is the difference, with respect to idioms, between compositionality and conventionality? Why is it a mistake to confuse the two? How are the questions of whether or not idioms are compositional, and whether or ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/17 Today I lost my mind on Twitter and pointed out some often misused words & punctuation marks. For posterity, I will enumerate them again here, having wiped off the overtones of condescension and annoyance. 1. Apostrophe use: some simple guidelines. Apostrophes ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/16 to explain the data in the last post: Ruth E. Cisneros | LING 590 | Formulaic Language Formulaic Language & Humor: An overview of idiomatic language usage in comedy I. Introduction The initial focus of this paper was to ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/13 Formulaic Language & Humor: I. Judy Grimes, Travel Writer - Use of "just kidding:" II. Nick Fehn, Political Humorist - Use of many idiomatic expressions: III. Chocolate - acting out of a language chunk: http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/12 McCreery, John L. 1995. Negotiating With Demons: The Uses of Magical Language. American Ethnologist. Vol. 22, No. 1. 144-164. first way of reading transcription of an incantation by a Taoist healer in Taipei is as text. However, "dislocated from this primary context, assertions about the significance of particular words or ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/11 for Dan Sanford's 490/590 seminar: Formulaic Language. i had to pick two out of these four: What is formulaic language, what is the lexicon, and what does formulaic language tell us about the lexicon? What are some aspects of language that are difficult to account for in a model of language ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/10 1. my neighbor to the north the answer to the last blog being a bit more obvious to me than what is going on around me, i will postpone that answer in favor of noting the nature of the conversations i've had with my new neighbors. i'm finding interesting ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/9 came across this on the myspace bulletins: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/8 Punching the Line: Humor & Ideologies Woolard and Schieffelin point out that “ideologies of language are significant for social as well as linguistic analysis because they are not only about language. Rather, such ideologies envision and enact links of language to group and personal identity, to aesthetics, to morality, and to ... http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/6