@sapinker No intelligent person would consider the name "Maleficent" and think it meaningless. It's bursting with etymology.
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The limits of my language mean the limits of my world~Wittgenstein / Word choice &
#criticalthinking http://sourcepov.com/2011/08/16/words-that-matter/ …@sapinker#a3rThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: Linguistics of "Maleficent" (how meaningless names can acquire emotional impact thru sound-based assoc) http://goo.gl/WygIRZ ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Yo lexophiles!
@thirstdc talk? MT@sapinker: on "Maleficent"- how made-up names get emotional impact http://goo.gl/WygIRZThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker phonosemantics...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I liked your book "The Language Instinct". Thank you for writing it. I read it many years ago and I still leaf through it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Perfectly good word. In the OED. First attested to in 1678.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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