https://languages.codidact.com/categories/36/tags/3865.rssNew Posts Tagged 'particular-word' - Languages & LinguisticsLanguages & Linguistics - Codidact2023-12-21T12:58:15Zhttps://languages.codidact.com/posts/289989Has the word "humor" shifted meaning?matthewsnyderhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/613082023-10-12T17:42:55Z2023-12-21T12:58:15Z<p>The original meaning of <em>humor</em> of course refers to the obsolete theory of the four humors and their effect on human temperament. I'm not asking about that.</p>
<p>It appears that initia...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/289901What's a "road colony"?msh210https://languages.codidact.com/users/81062023-10-05T07:49:50Z2023-10-08T17:42:24Z<p><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Sanders">Lawrence Sanders</a>, <em>Caper</em>, 1980. <a href="//www.worldcat.org/search?q=isbn%3A042510477X">1987 paperback edition</a>, page 61:</p>
<...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/279047How did « re » + « partir » compound to 🡲 "repartee", which means "rejoinder"?PSTHhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/535662020-11-10T07:35:51Z2022-07-03T20:54:13Z<p>In French, « partir » means "to (de)part". What semantic notions underlie « re » + « partir » 🡺 with the 2020 AD English meaning of repartee (i.e. <a href="https://cnrtl.fr/definition/reparti...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/279109How did 'consideration' shift to signify grounds and the act of deliberation, then inducer of a grant or promise?PSTHhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/535662020-11-13T05:25:14Z2021-11-08T18:43:07Z<blockquote>
<p> The name of Consideration appears only about the beginning of the sixteenth century, and we do not know by
what steps it became a settled term of art. ...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/279046How did "re" + "join" semantically compound to mean "riposte"?PSTHhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/535662020-11-10T07:32:40Z2021-08-20T06:57:49Z<p>In French, « joindre » means "to join". What semantic notions underlie « joindre » with the 2020 English "rejoin", which means to riposte? How did <em>rejoindre</em> shift to signify the 2020 ...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/282252What does "po" mean in Filipino?General Sebast1anhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/541142021-06-17T02:32:58Z2021-07-17T23:19:23Z<p>What does "po" mean in Filipino?</p>
<!-- g: js, mdit -->https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281046How did "as" amass all its confusing "broad and vague meanings"?PSTHhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/535662021-03-13T05:59:52Z2021-06-01T00:25:48Z<blockquote>
<p><strong>as</strong>. Do not use the conjunction <em>as</em> when you mean “since,” “because,” “when,” or “while.” Its broad and vague meanings can create confusion. For example, <e...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/279551How did 'equity' semantically shift to mean 'Assets — Liabilities'?PSTHhttps://languages.codidact.com/users/535662020-11-29T08:04:12Z2020-12-01T09:07:18Z<p>I ask about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting_equation">Equity = Assets — Liabilities</a> here, not its meaning as stock. See <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Personal-Finance-Cana...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/278150What is "these gentry" in Marxist writing?msh210https://languages.codidact.com/users/81062020-09-21T06:09:27Z2020-10-10T21:59:03Z<p>In <a href="https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit">George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"</a>, he refers to "[t]he jargon peculiar to Ma...