ANGLISTIXTERMINATION

This song will not require any particular explanation if you happen to be (or have been) a student at the Department of English at the unforgettable Faculty of Philology, MSU. If you don�t happen to be one, you can get a picture of what�s going on there through this very song... About the title: Californication is California + Fornication; therefore Anglistixtermination = Anglistics (English linguistics, you see) + Extermination, with the word Term showing its tail quite clearly, too... All of this was not made solely single-handed - I have to thank my friend Olga, a.k.a. Robbie for helping me with the -tion words - and the idea itself!


Anglistixtermination

(based on Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers)


1. Hear my example of dynamic word-formation
And I hope you understand the adherent connotation
You gotta know what you�re dealing with - anglistixtermination

The feeling that you can�t escape is modality of obligation
All the world�s determined by the parts-of-speech classification
The basic law of this universe is categorisation

You try to speak up but you�re muted by cessation of phonation
No use in lamentation, it�s the higher education

Ch.: Stage presence, Prince Charles
Target, the three R�s

It�s anglistixtermination (x3)

Tell me �bout the final aim of linguostylistic stratification
Stylisation based on synonymic condensation
You know what I mean no need in exemplification

You think it�s collocation but they say it�s colligation
Try to find how predication is expressed in punctuation
All your words made meaningless by syllabification

Don�t think you could realise your own great expectation
All the things you hate will find their personification

Chorus.

Pausation�s part and parcel of correct enunciation
Intonation is the tool of our trade and the basis of articulation
The one thing you don�t look for here is conceptual determination

Don�t dream this exploitation ends with your examination
The English We Use will give them ways for incurable intoxication

Chorus.

� 1995-2000, 2001 and on, and on, and on...