wordshaping

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Etymology

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From word +‎ shaping. Compare Dutch woordschepping, German Wortschöpfung (word creation), Swedish ordskapande.

Noun

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wordshaping (uncountable)

  1. The art or practice of shaping, forming, or creating words.
    • 1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow:
      Another fault exists in our Hebrew books of instruction: though they greedily compare roots or what are supposed to be roots, they exclude the general principles of wordshaping, which as long as man has a mouth will be found prevailing [...]
    • 2003, Rudolf Steiner, Story of My Life:
      Marie von Sievers had her place in the art of word-shaping; to dramatic representation she had the most beautiful relationship.
  2. The art of using words to form representations or images.
    • 2000, Philip G. Barker, Masoud Yazdani, Iconic communication:
      Such word-shaping is useful to all wayfinders but particularly so to wayfinders with one or another form of sight-impairment. Word-shaping is particularly important in the context of wayfinding because of most sign-panels [...]
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