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Neologism and Ambiguity (Neologism (There are three choices poets can make…
Neologism and Ambiguity
Ambiguity
The two (or more) interpretations involved in an ambiguous sign can be complementary (provide additional meaning to the same scenario) or contradictory (provide different king of information which are incompatible and need resolving in some way).
It is also an effective tool in creating very intense, complex images in a short period of time.
Ambiguity is useful in poetry because it allows the poet to convey extra meaning without the use of any extra words.
Ambiguity allows audiences to entertain two (or more) possible interpretations of a sign of the same time.
Two poetic features will be explored: neologism (creating new words/signs) and ambiguity (creating more than one meaning using one form).
Neologism
It show cases the performer's artistry and linguistic skills and also allows poets to maintain a certain rhyming scheme.
New words are especially popular in children's literature. Met of them appear only in that context and are never used again, but thy leave a strong impression.
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The visual modality of sign language, and the large productive lexicon that results from it, allows a much greater degree of freedom creating new words in sign language poetry than in written or spoken language poetry.
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Morphing (Bending)
Morphing creates another type of ambiguous sign where one sign merges into another with such a smooth transition that it is not clear where one ends and the other starts.
Some people term it morphing (as it is to do with the transformation of the form), others term it it blending (as two meaning are blending in one sign).