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s Guide to Rime Coherence John Lawler, U Michigan To appear in Poetry, and Candy Colored Syntax: Language Presented to Háj Ross (2004;

Haralampos Kalpakidis and William Salmon, eds.

) V. Conclusion For the data fetishists that constitute my prospective audience, I have included here four appendices, with examples of

62 of the

96 vigesimal rimes, and full particulars for the top

6 that I have discussed here. In addition, a list of all non-vigesimal rimes appears in Appendix B. That leaves only those

34 vigesimal rimes that I do not consider to have any significant phonosemantic coherence. I provide below a list of these, with their size. All of the data for these and for the rimes in the Appendices were extracted from the database in the first instance. Semantic coding, however, is not part of the database;

therefore, I am making the coded data available in a collection of

96 ASCII files, one for each vigesimal rime, archived on my Web site, at http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/rimes.zip. I encourage anyone interested in this phenomenon, and their students, to download the database, and these data files, and second-guess me. This kind of activity is especially interesting, I have found, for students, and it makes a splendid student project that can, if done carefully, provide significant information and generalizations. There are many, many more phenomena left to investigate here;

and each one demonstrates what I consider the best-kept secret in America C that linguistics is fun. Non-Coherent Vigesimal Rimes (rimes occurring in

20 or more simplex words) -?r

76 -et

37 -??

30 -?t

26 -?rn

22 -?v

20 -?r

53 -ik

34 -in

29 -?l

26 -art

22 -ayr

20 -ay

45 -ak

32 -?l

29 -?n

26 -?st

22 -ed

20 -ey

44 -aw

31 -id

28 -ek

26 -ayd

21 -?d

20 -ok

40 -?n

31 -al

28 -ev

25 -?s

21 -el

37 -ut

31 -?n

27 -iz

24 -un

21 Appendix A Vigesimal Rimes in Simplex Words, by Phonosemantic Coherence Diminutive, 2-Dimensional, 3-Dimensional, Indistinct Sensation, Pejorative, (Embodied Image) Abrupt Cessation, Separate. RL81 = Rhodes, R. and J. Lawler, 1981. Athematic Metaphors , CLS

17 C

2 C Coherence

62 Coherent Rimes, with examples (often overlapping) Rime Size Num Pct Rank Examples -ap

31 27 87%

1 RL81 Ab Cess chop drop Ballistic topple hop Sep chop crop Impact plop bop -?l

28 24

86 2 2D shawl sprawl wall Motion crawl brawl haul fall Contact maul trawl spall awl -?b

34 29

85 3 1D Thick slub club chub stubble Dim shrub stub cub Pej flub lubber rubble -?mp

26 22

85 4 RL81 3D rump hump lump clump stump Pej frump grump chump rumpus -??k

22 18

82 5 Pej junk flunk bunk skunk drunk Hum punk lunk monk Aural clunk thunk plunk -?p

41 32

78 6 2D+3D pip lip grip flip blip 2D-3D nip chip snip dip Dim sip yip tip ripple -??

31 24

77 7 Pej ugh ugly lug slug thug mug Fluid glug jug chug 3D Dim nugget snug -?z

21 16

76 8 Separated/Dispersed/Multiple fizz drizzle schism sizzle dizzy Fluid jism chrism -??k

34 25

74 9 Dim slink trinket tinker wink shrink dinky Dim Aural chink dink plink tinkle -?k

47 33

70 10 2D Connected plaque stack bracket tacky Aural crack clack quack yack -??

39 27

69 11 Crooked/Broken snag zag crag sag rag 2D drag rag wagon swagger flag -??

25 17

68 12 RL81 Violent Contact bash trash crash thrash slash gash -??

27 18

67 13 1D Connected hang angle dangle tangle Aural jangle twang bang clang -?p

30 20

66 14 RL81 2D flap clap lap map wrap Contact slap strap chap rap tap -??

32 21

66 15 RL81 Dir Force sling sting spring ring Dim Aural ping ding jingle lingo -il

23 15

65 16 2D Motion peel feel wheel keel kneel seal heel -?s

20 13

65 17 1D Crossed fess wrestle trestle press chess wrestle trestle -?t

53 34

64 18 (Tongue) 2D pat slat mat spatter flat Speech blat chatter spat prattle -?f

31 19

61 19 2D Friction scuff snuff shuffle ruffle rough Indist Sens fluff muffle gruff -?nt

20 12

60 20 Dim Multiple splinter glint hint lint sinter stint Visual/Eye glint squint -?mp

22 13

59 21 2D Contact clamp cramp tamp damper ramp trample champ stamp scamper -ab

34 20

59 22 3D Extrusion knob fob glob bobbin cobble gob cob blob -?t

47 27

57 23 Dim spit whittle little kitten bit grit twitter ditty jitter critter -?k

48 27

56 24 Dim 3D: Concave nick crick tick click flick hickey Convex prick wick tickle -?b

34 20

56 25 Pej rabble drab shabby crab Speech blabber jabber babble gabble -?m

35 19

54 26 2D Contact slam hammer flam clam cam Aural bam blam clamor stammer -um

24 13

54 27 3D Interior/Expansion room womb tomb bloom tumor -ez

26 14

54 28 2D Contact graze glaze blaze braze raze Indist Sens daze haze craze -?nd

21 11

52 29 1D Non-Linear bend wend fend Mix/Fluid mend render blend -?nd

31 16

52 30 1D+2D stand strand sandal band hand Pej bland vandal pander scandal -?t

37 19 51%

31 3D Concave/Closure gut shut rut butt hut rut glut gutter putty shutter stutter Appendix A Vigesimal Rimes in Simplex Words, by Phonosemantic Coherence Coherence

62 Coherent Rimes, with examples (often overlapping) Rime Size Num Pct Rank Examples -?s

20 10 50%

32 Clothing/Stricture(?) gusset hussy truss bustle muss gussy -i

41 20

49 33 Alphabet B C D E Closed Class

3 he she we be -??k

31 14

45 34 Articulation/Body Part flank ankle shank hank spank yank crank wank -?rk

21 9

43 35 Pej irk lurk murk turkey jerk shirk smirk -?

21 9

43 35 (Mouth/Tooth/Claw) craw paw claw chaw jaw maw gnaw -?v

21 9

43 35 Dim Multiple shiver quiver sliver sieve divot privet rivet -?m

26 11

42 38 2D shim brim rim scrim skim shimmer swim -ayt

38 16

42 39 Light light bright white sight Fight fight smite bite Up height kite -ip

24 10

42 40 Vertical steep teepee leap heap deep Aural bleep cheep peep -?d

25 10

40 41 Liquid flood blood mud crud puddle rudder udder -?l

47 18

38 42 2D Concave fill drill gill rill 2D Convex hill spill pillow frill billow quill -?k

26 10

38 43 Out/Off/Remove shuck buck chuck duck pluck suck -o

44 16

36 44 2D Contact bow blow flow floe grow hoe low mow sow sew snow loess -?r

39 14

36 45 Ind Sens blur fur purr slurry slur scurry lurid -awt

23 8

35 46 Aggressive Contact clout shout bout flout lout knout rout -ad

29 10

34 47 Earth/Contact/Movement clod sod shod hod plod toddle dodder waddle -ayn

30 10

33 48 RL81 1D (Plant) twine vine bine pine cline line spline tine spine -en

42 14

33 49 1D chain cane crane lane rein train vein 2D vane pane plain plane blain -up

25 8

32 50 RL81 Curve scoop droop group hoop loop stoop swoop -im

22 7

32 51 1D in 2/3D beam gleam cream ream seam stream femur -ol

38 12

32 52 Round knoll roll roly poly hole whole thole bowl boll bole bolo bolus -?n

23 7

30 53 2D fan flan pan scan span panel banner -at

33 10

30 54 Dim Color dot blot spot knot clot mottle blotto dottle jot slot -ot

23 7

30 55 2D Surface float boat bloat moat lotus (RL81 Water) stoat throat -?d

31 8

26 56 2D Surface plaid brad clad pad paddle saddle straddle ladder -?m

34 9

26 57 Pej scum slum bum dumb glum crumb numb -?d

27 6

22 58 2D Contact spread bed lead sled tread pedal -on

23 5

22 59 Noise tone phone drone groan moan -?r

43 9

21 60 Face/Eye/Nose/Ear sneer smear clear leer peer blear jeer ear hear -it

34 7

21 61 2D cleat pleat skeet sheet seat peat beetle -u

60 12 20%

62 Liquid/Thick goo flue dew brew glue slough sprue spew stew fluid sewer Diminutive, 2-Dimensional, 3-Dimensional, Indistinct Sensation, Pejorative, (Embodied Image) Abrupt Cessation, Separate. RL81 = Rhodes, R. and J. Lawler, 1981. Athematic Metaphors , CLS

17 C

3 C Appendix B Sub-Vigesimal Rime Sets, by size. -?rl........19 -?f.19 -ark.......19 -?rd.......19 -ar.19 -?rt........19 -ep ........19 -?s

19 -?rt........19 -ayl.......18 -op........18 -uz ........18 -?st.......18 -?f.18 -?mp......18 -?b.18 -?t? ........18 -aym.....18 -ayk ......18 -?nt ......18 -es.18 -?ns......18 -am.......17 -?st........17 -?k ........17 -ul.17 -?st ........17 -?d?.......17 -?d? ......16 -ud........16 -?nt .......16 -it? ........16 -??.16 -em.......15 -iv.15 -?l

15 -ayv ......15 -ays.......15 -?? ........15 -us ........15 -?rd?.....15 -ayp ......14 -od........14 -ov........14 -?rs .......14 -?rm......14 -?v ........14 -?t?.......14 -?m .......13 -o? .......

13 -?p .......

13 -eb .......

13 -?v.......

13 -?lt .......

13 -?s.13 -?rd......

13 -?mb ....

13 -?y .......

13 -?lt.13 -arn......

12 -?ns......

12 -?k .......

12 -?f .......

12 -a?.12 -?n .......

12 -?nt ......

12 -ard......

12 -ayf......

12 -?nd......

12 -?yl ......

12 -?rs.......

12 -old......

12 -?p.11 -?d?......

11 -?rb......

11 -?mb ...

11 -?sk.......

11 -?nt?...........