Familect

A familect or marriage language is a set of invented words or phrases with meanings understood within members of a family or other small intimate group.[1] Among the pioneers of research on familects is Cynthia Gordon, professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, who discussed the concept in her 2009 book Making Meanings, Creating Family.[1] Familects fall within the intimate register of communication.[1] Familects often gain vocabulary through the words young children create as they learn to talk, when these words are adopted by the family.[1] Familects also gain vocabulary through slips of the tongue and word invention.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kathryn Hymes (May 13, 2021). "Why We Speak More Weirdly at Home". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  2. ↑ Harriet Powney (July 19, 2013). "Speaking it in the family". The Guardian. Retrieved May 21, 2021.

Further reading

  • Cynthia Gordon (2009). Making Meanings, Creating Family. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195373837.
  • The English Project (2008). Kitchen Table Lingo. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-0753518199.
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