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

failure of expression through using “word coinage”:
As to “word coinage,” I perceived that the confident people could apply them
better because they did not have to worry that they were not able to create a
word in a short time. Also, they did not have to worry that their created words
were not comprehensible. I perceived that I was not very confident in using
“word coinage,” so I usually had to predict that I would use a word I created
to my partners in order to make sure that they were not too surprised with my
new word. Currently, I also would use “paraphrase,” if my partners could not
understand what my created word meant. I often used “word coinage” and
“paraphrase” to interpret a meaning.
Besides, “word coinage,” Tien Long also perceived that “generalization” was
acceptable:
About the skill of “generalization” in the interlanguage strategy, I believed
that it was not a very good idea. People could only catch a broad meaning
without knowing the specific word I needed to express whenever I had
difficulty in expressing it.
However, I still had to learn how to express the vague meaning, just like
everyone should buy insurance. I never know when I would have to say a
very specific word that I did not know in the future. So I believed that I had to
use “generalization.”
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