EPISODE · Mar 27, 2026 · 38 MIN
What is a "salad salad"? | Copies, quotes, and plagiarism
from Linguistics Behind the Scenes · host Linguistics BTS
In this duplicative (but never dull) episode of Linguistics Behind the Scenes, Christinaand Dominic explore the fascinating world of copying – from plagiarism tophotocopies, and from fairy tales to “salad salad.” What’s the difference between copying and plagiarizing?Why does “plagiarism” literally mean kidnapping?How faithful must a quotation really be – down to fonts,hyphens, and [sic]s?What does it take for a sentence to be brand new? From academic ethics to oral storytelling, from deep-friedmemes to fairy-tale memory, our hosts unpack how imitation, repetition, andreduplication shape language, learning, and culture – showing that even a copycan be an original in its own right. Full episodetranscript available here:https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/edling/sciencecommunication/podcast-transcripts.php#Episode20 Full article available to read for free here: Copy and write: Thetransformative power of copying in language. By Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer. https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/view/195/260/78629. Mentioned in this episode:- Ray Bradbury. 1953.Fahrenheit 451.- James Joyce.1920. Ulysses.- Unusualsentences: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/ - Jila Ghomeshiet al. 2004. Contrastive Focus Reduplication in English (The Salad-SaladPaper). In: Natural Language &Linguistic Theory 22, 307–357 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NALA.0000015789.98638.f9
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In this duplicative (but never dull) episode of Linguistics Behind the Scenes, Christinaand Dominic explore the fascinating world of copying – from plagiarism tophotocopies, and from fairy tales to “salad salad.” What’s the difference between copying and plagiarizing?Why does “plagiarism” literally mean kidnapping?How faithful must a quotation really be – down to fonts,hyphens, and [sic]s?What does it take for a sentence to be brand new? From academic ethics to oral storytelling, from deep-friedmemes to fairy-tale memory, our hosts unpack how imitation, repetition, andreduplication shape language, learning, and culture – showing that even a copycan be an original in its own right. Full episodetranscript available here:https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/english/sections/edling/sciencecommunication/podcast-transcripts.php#Episode20 Full article available to read for free here: Copy and write: Thetransformative power of copying in language. By Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer. https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/view/195/260/78629. Mentioned in this episode:- Ray Bradbury. 1953.Fahrenheit 451.- James Joyce.1920. Ulysses.- Unusualsentences: https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/ - Jila Ghomeshiet al. 2004. Contrastive Focus Reduplication in English (The Salad-SaladPaper). In: Natural Language &Linguistic Theory 22, 307–357 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NALA.0000015789.98638.f9
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