Our scavenger hunt

Our scavenger huntNatasha, Megan, Tess, & Sarah

3 examples of phonetic spellingsPHONETICS/PHONOLOGY

3 examples of Phonetic Spellings1. Oh em gee (OMG)Female, 21-year-old, Facebook Chat2. Bai (bye) Male, 22-year-old, text message 3. Green monstahSarah saw it on a tee shirt a guy was wearing when she wasat work. Theyre sold in mass because theyre for the green monster in Fenway, the Red Sox stadium.

1 example of r-deletion1 example of r-insertion1 example of vowel insertion1 example of vowel deletion1 example of metathesis

PHONETICS/PHONOLOGYR-deletion: LibaryHeadstart students from Giles County, 3-4 years old

R-insertion: AmericerTesss dad, 66 years old, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York Vowel insertion: UmbuhrellaUmbrella by Rihanna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBfHwUxHIkNow that its raining more than ever, Know that well still have each other, You can stand under my umbuhrella.

Vowel deletion: HeavnThe mind is its own place, and in itself/ Can make aHeav'nofHell, a Hell ofHeav'n.[255] -Paradise Lost, John Milton -Published: 1667

Metathesis: Aminal Aminal - Headstart students from Giles County, 3-4 years old

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PHONETICS/PHONOLOGY1. Vowel Insertion: MacDonaldsInstead of McDonaldsNatashas friend who is a junior at VT says this. She is from Pound, VA.

2. ErmahgerdFacebook MemeOne of Sarahs friends says it.She is about 15 and has lived in Springfield, MA her whole life.

1 example of coinage1 example of acronymy1 example of initialism 1 example of eponymy

MORPHOLOGY

Coinage: CrunchingFrom the movie Never Been Kissed Guy is totally crunching on you. Do I want to be crunched on? Said by a high school female http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Q2rpAKDDc (1:30)

Acronymy: FUBARFrom the movie Saving Private RyanEven if you think the mission's FUBAR, sir? Said by a male in his mid-twentieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF6C8MYdzQk (0:50)

Initialism: IDK, MY BFF ROSEAT&T Commercial (over-exaggeration of initialism as the way people text these days)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySR3hpieiQc

Reduplication: Gus GusGus Gus (a mouse says this)Mice in Cinderella: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPVeAotzYA

4 further examples

MORPHOLOGY1. Infix: Legend-wait-for-it-daryHow I Met Your Mother ClipBarney is in his 30s and grew up in Staten Island.In this clip: It's gonna be legend-wait-for-itand-I-hope-you're-not-lactose-intolerant-because-the-second-half-of-that-word-is-DAIRY!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj6pQGFRxZc

2. Coinage: RailText message: I onlybrought enough money for cover and a rail and then im dunzo Female, 21-years-old

3. LOL UVASeen in Blacksburg4. Acronymy: LOLINGMonica (21-year-old female from NOVA)

1 example of a double negative

SYNTAX

Double negative: Aint nobody got time for thatApril 7th, 2012 - a fire broke out at an Oklahoma City apartment complex in Oklahoma. In describing the heavy presence of smoke from the fire, she uttered aint nobody got time for that!

During the interview of one of the residents, Sweet Brown, said that once she realized it was a fire, she ran outside without shoes.

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SYNTAX3. Double negativeAint no thang but a chicken wang. Natashas 40-year-old male math high school teacher said this all the time.Also part of lyrics to the song Aint No Thang by OutKast.

4. Wicked AVIS car commercial Sarah saw in Massachusetts, features middle-aged men working in car sales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3B1MG2HKdA 2 examples of words with unusual/nonstandard meaningsSEMANTICS

1. Thats so fetch.Mean Girls ClipHigh school girl trying to fit in by creating a word with an unusual/nonstandard meaning.

2. JimmiesSprinklesBow, New Hampshire

Bee-tee-dubsWe have yoga pants chapter, bee tee dubs. Female, 19, conversation at dinnerRagerSlang derived from a verb Text messageBONUS