Spread the Words
Inspired from the term Alex Horne used to ‘spread the seeds’ as in words…and come back to them to water them every now and then. This gave me the thought of creating an artefact that enables the ability to spread and sprinkle the words around. And there I had it…personalised confetti! I would get the [...]
Getting the words used…failures
Comedian Alex Horne With the hope that Alexe Horne is able to use the words in some form or another that shall be a great form of influential person contributing towards the filtration of the words. He seems very eager and I certainly think he shall use the words…it’s just a matter of having the [...]
Success on Twitter…
The Words!
Loiternet adjective 1. To loiter on the Internet with no true purpose. “Emma’s worse habit is to loiternet.” “she loiternetted instead of doing her studying.” synonyms: loiter, linger, hang around, spend time on, waste time, kill time, sagittis, molestie, 2. To stay around on the internet not doing much for long periods of time. “Edward [...]
The words hit the radio on BBC Merseyside!!
Success on Facebook…
3 words get in to the Urban Dictionary!!
Sociolinguistics
As Connie Eble highlights in her summary of Sociolinguistics, “the study of how language serves and is shaped by the social nature of human beings.” It looks in to how society and language works, how they relate to each and how it changes across various environments. All of which is controlled by us as humans [...]
Language Change – Lexical Change
Language is forever changing. As discussed in Sociolinguistics society is changing and therefore language changes with it, new inventions bring new words and new ways of saying and describing things. Within language change a important area I want to investigate is Lexical Change. Lexical Change Lexical change is the change in the meaning or use [...]
