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State Name Limericks, Bill Brandt

Word Ways

A collection of limericks using names of states.

(Non)Sense And (In)Sensibility, David Shaw

Word Ways

Adjectives often come in positive/negative pairs, or antonyms, such as well/unwell, correct.incorrect, similar/dissimilar. But there are some notable gaps in this pattern.

Vowel To Vowel Replacements, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Every word has a total of 2 vowels. The 2 vowels are different. They can be anywhere in the word except adjacent to each other. In the word pairs listed, the vowels under consideration are supplemented by like consonants in the same positions in each word.

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of readers' responses to previously published articles.

The Norwich Bumstead Divination, Jeremiah Farrell

Word Ways

A magic trick explained.

Alphametics, Steven Kahan

Word Ways

A mathematical game.

Day One? Way Done!, Don Hauptman

Word Ways

More transposition puns and spoonerisms, original and otherwise.

The Tea Party, Stephen Bloom, Jeremiah Farrell

Word Ways

A magic trick.

Terminal Words, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

A terminal word is derived from, in order, the first and last letters of the first word and the first and last letters of the second word of a two word phrase.

Mean Sidewalks, . Anil

Word Ways

A regular column of miscellaneous items.

S-Unfriendliness, . Anil

Word Ways

A discussion of the letter S and how it combines with other letters when it is the initial letter of a word.

Putativeness - When Is A Word Not A Word?, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

An essay on what makes a word officially a word using the word Putativeness.

Back Cover And Instructions To Authors

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The back cover of this issue including instructions to authors.

A Double Haiku From Homographs, . Anil

Word Ways

A poem in which the title and the poem itself are both haikus.

Cornages (Funny Words 6), . Anil

Word Ways

A collection of original "words."

Homograph Puns, . Anil

Word Ways

A collection of puns composed with homographs.

A Sam Loyd Puzzle Solution?, Lori Wike

Word Ways

A proposed solution to a puzzle from the February 2016 issue.

The Mad Hatter's Dream, Jeremiah Farrell

Word Ways

A word puzzle.

The Counter-Clockwise Way, Scot Morris

Word Ways

An essay.

Wisconsin Words - 1, Steve Kahan

Word Ways

A word puzzle.

Phantom Arabic, Dislocated French: Auto-Anthropological Imaginaries:Jean Genet, Abdellah Taia,Leila Sebbar, Nabil Ayouch, Amine Zidouh

Open Access Dissertations

This study combines sociolinguistics with literary, cultural and cinematographic studies in the analysis of works by Jean Genet, Abdellah Taia, Leila Sebbar and Nabil Ayouch. This dissertation’s main argument is that an understanding of the relationship between what is to be conceived as Phantom Arabic and Dislocated French is crucial to the critical repositioning and re-questioning of a significant part of postcolonial cultural production emanating from North Africa and/or the North African diaspora. This thesis intervenes in current debates in French and Francophone Studies, in Arabic and Comparative Studies, but also in Sociolinguistics (particularly as related to North Africa, the …

El Andaluz Y El Español Estadounidense: Exploring Traces Of Andalusian Sibilants In U.S. Spanish, Carolyn M. Siegman

Hispanic Studies Honors Projects

The Andalucista Theory claims that Andalusian Spanish was particularly influential during the development of Spanish in Latin America during the time of Spanish colonization. The present study seeks to examine traces of Andalusian Spanish in Spanish in the United States, considering the added level of complexity brought by contact with English and heightened contact with other dialects of Spanish. By examining 10 interviews from Andalusian Spanish speakers and 12 interviews from Spanish speakers in the U.S., we provide a comparison of the modern-day phonetic realizations of , , and in these two distant linguistic regions.

Happy Beginnings: Linguistics Senior To Serve In Us Navy, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Opie Zone: International Conversation At Athens Public Library, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Happy Beginnings: Klimas Puts Arabic To Use With Peace Corps In Morocco, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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From Heo To Zir: A History Of Gender Expression In The English Language, Brodie Robinson

Senior Honors Theses

With the growing presence of the LGBTQ+ community on the global stage, the matter of gender has been rushed to the forefront of the public consciousness. News outlets have hotly debated the topic of gender expression, a topic which has motivated mass demonstrations and acts of violence, and this has promoted a linguistic conversation at the international level.

This thesis is intended to provide the historical context for the contemporary debate on gender expression in the English language, and explores both the grammatical background (the Indo-European origins of linguistic gender, the development of the modern pronoun system, etc.) and the …

Ping Award Recipient Puts Entrepreneurship Language Skills To Work, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Opie Zone: Bashayer Alsaleh, Dalal Lafi Alamri Are Writing Competitions Winners, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Linguistics Faculty Alum Coauthor Article On Local Response-To-Writing Practices, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Cross-Cultural Analysis Of Turn-Taking Practices In English And Spanish Conversations, Claudia B. Martínez

Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture

Conversation analysis is primarily concerned with the tacit rules of turn-taking in standard systems of conversation—that is, with how people maneuver through spoken conversations to make themselves heard, while still allowing for dialogue to take place. Sacks, Schegloff & Jefferson had largely influenced the groundwork for this field in the late 1970s by setting forth certain proprieties of speech that deem overlaps, or interruptions, generally untoward and counterproductive. My goal here is to rethink this theory, however, to illuminate certain culturally specific instances of overlapping that do indeed lend themselves to the flow of the conversation. I compare such instances …