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

that was composed with the polymer of several carbon atoms.” Also, I
described an “Atom” as “the smallest unit in a chemical compound,” and “the
different metals are composed with different metal elements with different
structures.”
In the second interview, Tien Long eventually expressed that the “word coinage” was
helpful for him, especially in the situation of introducing Taiwanese culture:
“Word coinage” in interlanguage was not very helpful for me. The 2 reasons
were: I worried I was not able to create a word in time, and I worried that the
listeners could not comprehend the word I created. For some words related to
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Taiwanese culture, which I could not find in the dictionary such as 蚵仔麵線,
I should explain it in detail without just using the created new name for it:
“Oyster Noodle.” I described, “It was a kind of thin noodle cooked with
oyster, vinegar, starch, and cilantro.” I thought because there was no 蚵仔麵
線 in foreign countries, so it was more appropriate that I illustrated what it
was if I explained it to the foreigners. I believed that the created word “Oyster
Noodle” could be understood if many people used it very often or if it became
popular one day. For example, the “Stinky To-Fu 臭豆腐,” or “Long Time
No See 好久不見” had been accepted and well known by the foreigners.
In the second interview, Tien Long pointed out that he believed that a confident
person would be able to apply “word coinage” more competently than those who
were timid. He also expressed that the “paraphrase” made a compensation for his