Week 10 Lab- TedEd Videos about Language

I have always been a language geek, all thanks to my mom. She was a journalism major in college, and so she always instilled in me the importance of using proper grammar. I find that I can hear incorrect grammar a lot easier than I can see it, and so I have to read things aloud often as I edit them. I thought it would be really fun to watch the different Ted Talk videos about language because of the little tips and tricks I might be able to learn. My favorite of the videos was "Where do new words come from?" by Marcel Danesi. I guess I had never considered how new words came to be, but it was fascinating to me! I have always wanted to come up with a new word, and I felt think this video sort of taught me how! Here are some notes that I took while I watched the video:

there are over 170,000 words in the English language (wow!!)
words can come from a multitude of different origins

I always thought people just came up with random words and some committee approved of them (I was wrong!)

These words can come from different languages (many words are formed this way)
words can also come from a combination of old words (such as catfish, airport, etc.)

the best part about these words is that you don't have to learn the meaning- they are easy to understand the first time you hear them!

I just really enjoyed this video!

words! in the dictionary

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