A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

“word coinage”:
I found that classmates who had creativity and a sense of humor were those
people who have the ability of creating words. I perceived the words needed
to be created with a sense of humor; otherwise, people thought you were
boring. The created words must be easily comprehended and with a sense of
humor.
When my classmates used “word coinage,” I believed that they were brave.
Not only did they not worry about not being able to think of a new word in
time, but they did not worry that their created words might be
incomprehensible for his/her peers.
In Tien Long’s first interview, he perceived that “paraphrase” was not an easy
strategy, so he became nerve-racking when using it:
For “paraphrase,” I perceived it was useful. Sometimes it was not really
uncomplicated. I was stressed when I was thinking about how to describe a
word. When I was not able to do it, I sometimes used the topic avoidance
strategy to change topics. Once in class, I was thinking how to describe a
word and felt stressed. My classmate noticed my nervousness and assisted me
in my expression. I perceived that I was good either in “exemplification” or
“describing.” Also, my partners could not figure out what I was talking about.
So I did practice this strategy frequently.
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