From: IN%"linguist@tamsun.tamu.edu" "The Linguist List" 5-JAN-1994 07:13:13.24 To: IN%"LINGUIST@TAMVM1.BITNET" "Multiple recipients of list LINGUIST" CC: Subj: 5.20 Sum: Folk Etymology Received: from HKUVM1.HKU.HK (MAILER@HKUVM1) by vax.csc.cuhk.hk (PMDF #12160) id <01H7BCO0FQHW94DSVI@vax.csc.cuhk.hk>; Wed, 5 Jan 1994 07:12 +0800 Received: from HKUVM1.HKU.HK by HKUVM1.HKU.HK (Mailer R2.10 ptf000) with BSMTP id 4097; Wed, 05 Jan 94 07:11:53 HKT Date: Tue, 4 Jan 1994 15:01:54 -0600 From: The Linguist List Subject: 5.20 Sum: Folk Etymology Sender: The LINGUIST Discussion List To: Multiple recipients of list LINGUIST Reply-to: The Linguist List Message-id: <01H7BCO0FQHW94DSVI@vax.csc.cuhk.hk> Comments: To: linguist@tamvm1.tamu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-5-20. Tue 04 Jan 2094. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 93 Subject: 5.20 Sum: Folk Etymology Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. Asst. Editors: Ron Reck Brian Wallace -------------------------Directory------------------------------------- 1) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 1994 21:51:13 +0100 (MET) From: reinpost@info.win.tue.nl (Reinier Post) Subject: Sum: folk etymology -------------------------Messages-------------------------------------- 1) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 1994 21:51:13 +0100 (MET) From: reinpost@info.win.tue.nl (Reinier Post) Subject: Sum: folk etymology Last month, I posed to LINGUIST the following question: >Is there any study which treats folk etymology as an interesting phenomenon >in its own right? I am asking this question on behalf of someone who is doing >linguistic investigations in which reanalysis plays an important role. Many thanks to all who responded. Your answers and comments are very helpful. A summary of references, in no particular order: J.L. Malone (1969) Rules of synchronic analogy. Foundations of Language 5, 534-59. O. Panagl (1982) Aspekte der Volksetymologie. Innsbruck: Institut fuer Sprachwissenschaft. R. Coates (1987) Pragmatic sources of analogical reformation. Journal of Linguistics 23, 319-40. V. Pisani (1960) Ueber Volksetymologie. Studii s,i Cercetari Lingvistice 11, 633-43. W. Winter (1969) Analogischer Sprachwandel und semantische Struktur. Folia Linguistica 3, 29-45. H. Gundersen (1993) Linjedansere og pantomine pe sirkhus. Folkeetymologi som morfologisk omtolking. University of Oslo: Department of Scandinavian Studies and Comparative Literature. K. Baldinger (1973) Zum Einfluss der Sprache auf die Vorstellungen des Menschen (Volksetymologie und Semantische Parallelverschiebung). Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Heidelberg. J. Kjederqvist (1902) Lautlich-begriffliche wortassimilationen. Zur halbhundertjdhrigen geschichte des begriffs der volksetymologie. Beitrdge zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur. W. Sanders (1971, 1972, 1975) Zur deutschen Volksetymologie. (3 parts) Niederdeutsches Wort. W. Wundt (1911) Vvlkerpsychologie. Eine Untersuchung der Entwicklungsgesetze von Sprache, Mythus und Sitte I. (3rd edn.) Leipzig. P. Knutsson (1993) Folk Etymology - paronomasia vs prescription. Islenskt mal vol 19, Institute of Linguistics, University of Iceland, 101 Reykjavik. M. Schreiner (1987) Bibliographie zur Volksetymologie. Available from Nodus Publikationen, Muenster, ISBN 3-89323-011-4. J. Fidelholtz (1978?) English stress as folk etymology. International Congress of Linguists, Vienna. A. Smythe Palmer (1904) The Folk and Their Word Lore. NY: ?? In addition, the following general works were suggested: O. Jespersen (1922) Language, its nature, development and origin. London: Allen & Unwin. ?. Anttila (1972) An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics. NY: MacMillan. -- Reinier Post reinpost@win.tue.nl Eindhoven, the Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-5-20.