ENG 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Silent Film, Lewis Carroll, Neologism
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Neologism: a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word. Portmanteau: a word whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms. Onomatopoeia: a use of words whose sound suggests the sense (ex, buzz, hiss) Argues that everything int he world is nonsense. Carroll believes the signifier to be arbitrary (unrelated), because a cat could have easily been named tree . We give the signifier power when it doesn"t have much because you could call it anything else. 1951 - disney"s animated version of alice in wonderland: alice"s adventures in wonderland. 2010 - disney"s live action version of alice in wonderland: alice"s adventures in wonderland.
