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  1. Language Lounge

     How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
    Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    Figures of speech in which a part stands for the whole contribute to making linguistic expression so rich, flexible, complex, and interesting. For human speakers, it's a lifelong learning opportunity and a palette from which to paint word pictures and create new expressions. For computers trying to understand language, it can be an intractable problem.

  2. Edulinks

     A Question of Grammar
    Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    Sites to motivate, challenge... and entertain students who are stuck on grammar.

  3. Lesson Plans

     "Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair": Sound Devices in Shakespeare's "Macbeth"
    Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    In this lesson, students use the Visual Thesaurus to explore the pronunciation and meaning of several key vocabulary words in Macbeth. They then examine how Shakespeare uses these vocabulary words to enhance the text through the sound devices of alliteration and assonance.

  4. Word Count

     Blame Excuses: Where to Point the Finger
    Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    "Deer Creek blames fire on science experiment," read one headline. "Arsonist blames fire on living conditions," said another. Some people would take umbrage with both of those sentences, asserting that the finger of blame was pointing in the wrong direction.

  5. Teachers at Work

     Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words
    Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    Having logged many years teaching English and theatre at New York City high schools, Shannon Reed now teaches freshman English Composition at the University of Pittsburgh. Here Shannon shows how teachers can work with students to improve their writing by focusing on five overused words.

  6. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: April Edition
    Fri Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    For this month's crossword, the resilient city of Boston is very much in our thoughts. Figure out the Boston-themed word chain and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  7. Behind the Dictionary

     Trespassers Will Be Trespassed
    Thu Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    Poking around a mall with his sons, the linguist Neal Whitman came across a sign that said, "Violators will be trespassed." It turns out that the verb trespass has picked up a new meaning in the last twenty years or so, one which hasn't yet made it into any of the dictionaries.

  8. Blog Excerpts

     "Love" is All Around: Data-Mining Song Titles
    Wed Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    The language technology company Idibon recently launched a blog, and one interesting contribution comes from Tyler Schnoebelen, who has data-mined the titles of nearly 40,000 songs that have appeared on Billboard's pop charts from 1890 to 2012. It turns out that when it comes to song titles, "love" is most definitely in the air.

  9. Word Count

     Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
    Tue Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    It's April, which means that the major league baseball season is once again under way. Time to celebrate America's favorite pastime with a look at the origins of words from the baseball diamond.

  10. Word Routes

     Words from a "Surreal" Week in Boston
    Mon Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    What the city of Boston experienced last week was described again and again as surreal. It was the only word that seemed capable of encompassing the week's unfolding events, from Monday's deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line to Friday's lockdown of the city as SWAT teams zeroed in on the remaining suspect of the bombing.
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