Semantic cookies
August 25th, 2008
by Mark Dingemanse
by Mark Dingemanse
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Semantic cookies are sold in Akpafu-Mempeasem, central Volta Region, Ghana (among other places)
Fieldwork sessions on lexical semantics have become a lot easier since I found these cookies. I came across them in a small and dusty store in Akpafu-Mempeasem, my fieldwork hometown of all places.
Semantic cookies are made in Turkey by a company called BiFa Bisküvi. As BiFa they certainly have a knack (or failing that, a dictionary) for coining strange product names; other products of theirs are called Appeal, Effect, Talent, and Wisdom, to name just a few.
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That reminds me of the cutlery set at IKEA called Grammatik (Swedish for ‘grammar’). Nothing says cutlery like grammar.