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21.03.2010 | 11:29
"Value and honor German language" - word-creations
speech language pollution control word wait Hugo von Hofmannsthal word creation change change linguistics dialect neologisms
It is a merit of Friday, to have argued on this platform free spirits uncensored.
Those to whom you cut in the online editions of TIME, the FAZ, the SPIEGEL etc. the "word" can be found here again - and they're talking about as they grew the beak, free, the boundaries of the categorical imperative are still respected.
So I found this by chance a spiritual comrades again, I had seen 20 years ago and last spoke. I then came across on his blog and on his peculiarity, not only to speak freely, tacheles, as they say, but also individually.
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Magnus Goeller operates - undeclared and perhaps not to the delight of the Bibliographic Institute in Mannheim (where the dictionary is published) - as a voice changer and word creator.
Who is searching for new concepts, word constructions, etc., will find it there, because the author (also of aphorisms) used the German language is not always "spoke according to" but "individual".
Personalized Creations, linguistic innovations are captured by a "word waiting" here in Germany, registered. (I know this because one of my random terms ("identity preservation") there noticed.)
Today I read again in Göllers blog and let others (getting used to) formulations on the verb "jackals" that was probably derived from the noun "Jackal".
After Hugo von Hofmannsthal only our greatest writers use the German language spoke of (Essay: value and honor German language) - all others, especially the journalists (upper Lightly Drüber Skitterer, after Lenau) "mess up" the language
still more those who use them only as a means to an end, as the lawyers.
In France, the French Academy watches over the pollution of the language - who wakes up here, dear God?
What is allowed in neologisms?
What can poets, writers?
Can they all they can, what is conceivable and writable?
Or are there limits?
When I saw Magnus as linguistic hermits two decades ago, he had just purchased the Grimms' dictionary - it was a property investment from the perspective of a poor student, 20 volumes? More?
I opened it, found words and words that were already extinct, whose etymology hardly knew one.
It was an indication that the language is alive and that the language permanently changed ... with neologisms etc. up to the threat of identity.
Value and honor German language - where are we heading? A wide field ...
Carl Gibson
Magnus Goeller wrote on 22.03.2010 at 01:08
Dear Carl,
of course it a great honor that you hervorhebst me here in this manner.
But to the point: neologisms can purely situational (especially in a satire) and thus quite likely ephemeral his (her wofern because not yet grown wings), but also the language so rewarding, waking, charging, in addition, simply due to new technological or social circumstances be, etc ... I do not want to be seminaristic.
But I work well sometimes - especially in the contrastive sense - this means: Otherwise, yes accused me regular way, I altertümele, use phrases and semantic peaks, the "no bad" more know schwurbele run-on sentences, therefore, to decipher nowadays no more logical could, there is anyway hardly anyone who wanted to read something ...
Maybe I'll take in this sense sometimes nonvirtuous holidays also questionable actions; However, I try but always seriously, to transport content, even if many things may look playful; also the accusation that I mixed sometimes gruesome disparate styles, stirred, so to speak garlic UTV vanilla ice cream, I will certainly be considered, since in many cases this can be seen as.
Overall, though, I try to back up recover beyond the content and often just too scarce diction, just also joy in the German language and communicate.
The reactions are very mixed; what one considers to be coated waffle, place the other delicious succeeded, then reversed again.
In short, I like to experiment, will also stimulate it yourself games; bone-hard German language, alternating with coarse, Dialektalem, German construction site, then times self-deprecating plated Gräzismen and Latinisms abound, afterwards for dessert a little Brentano, why not?
I am my own editor (a spelling program I do not use on principle), and since I'm no publishers tributary, no royalties get, do and I'll just do what I want.
The best part is that I have always myself smile or even laugh, or better can and must, what a strange 'thing I've got just fabricated: it gives simple joy of life, and many others have when I never quite always beschmeichelt was beflunkert, probably already had his Plaisir it.
Writing also means just as long as one does not do as hacks, just aufbilden own world, if you will, to be master of existence in thoughts so that concerns and needs to banish in the short sentences and love of life in the long run permit or sometimes vice versa.
As you know, because little has changed in the last twenty years, I'm not particularly a believer in the traditional sense: but that art only give the man his worth as a being, what I believe.
Otherwise, I think almost exclusively in the love and the drive for knowledge and freedom, alswelche the basis of any real art are; and the fact that money basically is not worth anything.
Back to main topic: About neologisms ultimately decides the language community; with sincere (ie beyond the ridicule or satire) I try, after all, "download" Idiotenkram as my part not to recognize and to stick to the familiar in the German language and therefore may angedeihlichen forms of word formation.
So much still to "love God", which hopefully keeps you there a little guard in me.
Regards
Magnus
Carl Gibson wrote on 22/03/2010 at 13:24
Dear Magnus,
who still want to laugh at dreary days where there is nothing to laugh about, which is quite a bit cheerful, but humorous things on your blog before - it should read there, then he will laugh again.
Several times I've done the test several times and some of what you looked up - have published electronically - in monologic existence, but in exchange with the world.
Thoughts send out into the world not only means not to add and to remain silent to all, it also means the pleasure of communicating and is a piece of existence coping.
The life of the writer who consistently go their way, without coming to terms with the structures of power is just hard today. And the dignity of the individual is threatened in many cases.
That you still trust the logos and the logic and go beyond language, the seals for you and thinks (Schiller), you specially honors.
But you did it myself well formulated:
"In short, I like to experiment will also stimulate it yourself games; bone-hard German language, alternating with coarse, Dialektalem, German construction site, then times self-deprecating plated Gräzismen and Latinisms abound, afterwards for dessert a little Brentano, why not?
I am my own editor (a spelling program I do not use on principle), and since I'm no publishers tributary, no royalties get, do and I'll just do what I want.
The best part is that I have always myself smile or even laugh, or better can and must, what a strange 'thing I've got just fabricated: it gives simple joy of life, and many others have when I never quite always beschmeichlt was beflunkert, probably already had his Plaisir it.
Writing also means just as long as one does not do as hacks, just aufbilden own world, if you will, to be master of existence in thoughts so that concerns and needs to banish in the short sentences and love of life in the long run permit or sometimes vice versa. "
I want nothing more to add here.
Carl Gibson
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