Predicting New Words The Secrets of Their Success

Name: Predicting New Words The Secrets of Their Success
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ISBN: 9780618130085

ISBN-10: 061813008X

ISBN-13: 9780618130085

Edition: 2002

Authors: Allan Metcalf, Allan Metcalf

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Have you ever aspired to gain linguistic immortality by making up a word? Many people - such famous writers as Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll, and Dr. Seuss, along with many lesser-knowns - have coined new words that have endured. But most of the new words people put forward fail to find favor. Why are some new words adopted, while others are ignored? Allan Metcalf explores this question in his fascinating look at new-word creation. In surveying past coinages and proposed new words, Metcalf discerns lessons for linguistic longevity. He shows us, for instance, why the humorist Gelett Burgess succeeded in contributing the words blurb and bromide to the language but failed to win anyone over…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/14/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 4.63" wide x 7.94" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction


A Note on Sources


Acknowledgments



The Mystery of Success



How to Be a Loser



Winning Creations



The Myth of Gaps



Exceptions That Test the Rule



Natural Birth and Rebirth



Forget the Joke and Fly Under the Radar



The FUDGE Factors



The Crystal Ball



A Word of Your Own



American Dialect Society Words of the Year


Index