SL 376 - Studies in Words

Institution:

Boston College

Subject:

Description:

The ways of words in the life of language as seen through the linguistic techniques of morphology, lexicography, semantics, pragmatics and etymology. Aspects examined include: word formation, word origins, nests of words, winged words, words at play, words and material culture, writing systems, the semantic representations of words, bytes and words, the creative word, the Word made flesh, awkward words, dirty words, dialect vocabulary, salty words, fighting words, words at prayer, new words, and the Great Eskimo vocabulary hoax.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bc.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 552-8000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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