tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post5617670228377957202..comments2023-10-25T02:16:28.192-06:00Comments on Ryan's linguistics blog: Noun IncorporationRyan Denzer-Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015316224715016479noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-57101459288342925032008-07-15T15:08:00.000-06:002008-07-15T15:08:00.000-06:00And at the risk of beating a dead horse, I think i...And at the risk of beating a dead horse, I think it also has to do with the fact that the "t" at the end of "infant" is aspirated, and you can't make that distinction in the middle of this invented word, thus weighting that syllable more toward the pronunciation of "anticipate"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07487091893577617127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-69316237175246235062008-07-15T14:56:00.000-06:002008-07-15T14:56:00.000-06:00On a side note, it took me so long to comment on t...On a side note, it took me so long to comment on this post that now she is no longer "twinfanticipating"<BR/>But one might say mom and children are "twinfantastic"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07487091893577617127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851981677644878233.post-29830061225348888592008-07-15T14:55:00.000-06:002008-07-15T14:55:00.000-06:00I think the real reason that I preserve the vowel ...I think the real reason that I preserve the vowel quality of the word "anticipate" versus "infant", besides that fact that it feels right, is that the action being performed is, primarily, anticipating. That is the verb, and so it makes sense to have that be the focus of the word. Using the vowel quality of the word "infant" degrades the verb in such a way that I almost don't recognize what it is supposed to mean. It doesn't "sound like" the primary verb, and therefore I don't process it the same way. That is to say, Angelina Jolie is anticipating twin infants. Her action is to anticipate. When I hear "twinfanticipating" I still process the word "anticipating" above the others. That is still what Angelina is doing. "Twinf" is merely describing the kind of anticipation. Yes?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07487091893577617127noreply@blogger.com