LEXICON: Game without rules

[trochee]

If you read language blogs or Linguist List you've probably already found this.

LEXICON: Game without rules. I found it via Semantic Compositions and I'm proud to say I'm on screen 7 in less than 15 minutes.

It's really quite fun, if you're a linguistics fan and/or puzzle junkie (although this one is pretty linguistics-heavy). I think I could get into this kind of puzzle game if I had more time.

Comments

[seaya.livejournal.com]

I can't quite figure out what they want on screen three.

Each word is changed by one letter....

Does the pear have significance???

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Nevermind I got it.

But number 4 is hard! I found 4 pigs but I'm not sure what it wants hehe.

[trochee.livejournal.com]

i think you have to find the one that's really a pig. not sure though; it seems it took me a while to find it.

[chr0me-kitten.livejournal.com]

I didn't get it. I'm stuck on #3

[seaya.livejournal.com]

Do you want a clue?

Have you taken a linguistics class?

If so, the pear in the middle is a pun for a linguistic term that describes the words heh.

The answer is the linguistic term in question.