Please fill out this form as completely and accurately as you can, in light of the guidelines given below. All fields are required BUT you needn't discuss your established words, nor provide quotation information for them. Also try to AVOID TYPING IN ALL CAPS or not capitalizing at all - your entries are being posted on a publicly-accessible website and as Rice students, we should make a good impression!

We understand that many neologisms, particularly slang/taboo, are of an offensive or less-than-respectable nature. At Rice, as on the Internet, we have the academic freedom to study such terms - just don't use equally offensive language to describe the words you enter! Do take note, however, that you do not specify the person from whom you heard your neologisms, unless you have their explicit permission to be associated with the neologism in your word entry. Please take others' privacy seriously.

A note about etymological sources: don't mention them in the etymology field below, but instead, try to integrate them into your discussion if at all possible. Also, indicate the degree of surety of the parsing/etymology you provide in your discussion (if it's suggested, state that it's only a suggestion! If it's obvious, as in blends, state it as a fact.)

The onus is on you to ensure that your entry is complete and entered correctly.

Contributor:

Enter, as on your Rice Student ID card, your last name followed by your first name below, ie 'Kemmer Suzanne' or 'Leebron David', NOT as 'Leebron, David' or 'Suzanne Kemmer':

Word:

The word you are submitting is (ie 'Beerios', 'Googlable', 'LOL'):

Word Formation Type:

The word you're submitting has been formed by which of the following processes? If the word is established, note that most established words are either derivations (ie the word singular is derived from the word single) or compounds (ie chainsaw from chain + saw). Note that some words may have resulted from more than one of the below processes; select the one you feel is most appropriate. In addition, some words may not be formed by any of these processes; in such a case, select the "Other" option and discuss why you feel none of these word formation types describes your word:
Derivation
Zero Derivation
Back Formation
Folk Etymology
Analogy
Compounding
Blending
Clipping
Blending AND Clipping
Acronym
Sound Symbolism
Other/None

Part Of Speech:

What part of speech does the word you're submitting fit best, in the original context you heard or read the word being used? For example, google in I googled it is a verb. Please consult an English textbook or use Google if you are unsure:
Pronoun (NB: Neologisms are almost never pronouns!)
Noun
Verb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection
Adjective
Adverb
Other

Word Type:

This word is a/an:
Neologism
Established Word

Date First Seen:

If the word you are submitting is a neologism, enter the date you first saw this word 'in the field', as accurately as possible. If this is an established word, give the date you came across the word. For neologisms encountered in writing, give the date of the article or publication you saw it in; for neologisms encountered verbally, give the date you first heard the word used. Enter the date in YYYY-MM-DD format, including the dashes:

Quotation / Context / Citation

If the word you are submitting is a neologism, provide the sentence you heard/read it used in. If the word is already established, provide a sentence demonstrating its use. Please don't wrap your sentence in quotation marks!:

Source of Quotation

State the source you heard or read the word you're submitting from/in, ie The New York Times or My roommate:

Definition

Provide a concise, dictionary-like definition for your word here. JUST the definition - leave out the actual word, part of speech, etymology, etc etc.:


Sign-Off

For those doing extra credit, put "Proofread by (your name here)" or "Entered by (your name here)" in this box.


Student ID#

We require your Student ID# to verify that you're a current ENGL215/LING215 student. It should be in the format \"S0abcdefg\" (without quotes), where a-g are numbers. For exchange students, it should be in the format \"@000abcde\" (without quotes), where a-e are numbers.

Etymology

Give the etymology of the word. You should include history of the word tracing it back through its source languages, back to the earliest known source language. If the word is multimorphemic, also include a breakdown of the word into component morphemes, and gloss each morpheme. It is not necessary to do the parsing of the source words in acronyms and blends. The full parsing is necessary for the more traditional word formation processes like compounds and derivations though.

Various types of etymologies (largely corresponding to various word formation processes) are given below, as models:

azoic. Neolatin, from Greek a/an 'not' + Greek zo 'animal' + Latin -ic 'ADJ'.
bada-bing. Sound symbolism.
aldehyde. Neolatin. Clipping/blend of al(cohol) x dehyd(rogenase) + e (spelling addition).
styptic. From Middle English stiptik, from Late Latin stypticus, from Greek stuptikos, derived from Greek stuphein 'to contract'. stypt 'contract' + -ic 'ADJ'.


Discussion

For neologisms ONLY: In a discussion section (one or two paragraphs), discuss and analyze your novel word forms in light of the concepts we studied throughout the course. For example, does the usage involve metaphor, metonymy, or other conceptual processes? State any facts you consider relevant to the form, meaning, or use of the new form. For example, you might point out the existence of words related to your word in form and meaning that could have provided a model for formation of the new word. Or you might observe an association between your word and a particular speech community (surfers, policy wonks, drug users...). For each word, make an observation on why you think the speaker or writer coined a new word instead of using something ready-made.

You're now ready to submit your word into the Word Journal Database! Take a moment to ensure you haven't made any typographical or grammatical errors, and that you've adhered to the formatting described as closely as possible. Please note, you are responsible for ensuring you've submitted all 40 Word Journal entries successfully. After pressing Submit, a page will come up confirming your submission, and giving you an Index Number for the word you just entered. Note the Index Numbers down for each word you submit, and make sure you have 40 of them when you're finished. The index number will NOT start from 1! (Think of the index number as the nth word submitted into the Word Journal, overall, not the number of words you yourself have submitted.)


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