Topic : Linguists
Peter Martin's new book, The Dictionary Wars, is an account of the beginnings, twists, and turns in American lexicography that have led to the unique place of the name "Webster" in the minds of Americans today. If you're a lover of words and dictionaries, you'll want to put this excellent book on your reading list.
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Article Topics:Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word LoversThe Most Influential Lexicographer You've Never Heard Of June 3, 2019 By Orin Hargraves
Lexicography has been and continues to be a gig occupation for many who do it, and that is the case for Charles Sanders Peirce. One place he found work was in writing definitions for the Century Dictionary, which may be the greatest dictionary you've never heard of.
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The relations among words are not so different from those among people. It's not unusual for, say, first cousins to bear no obvious resemblance to each other, but if we examine their DNA we find that they have a grandparent in common.
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Article Topics:Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word LoversThat Only Happens in the Movies March 4, 2019 By Orin Hargraves
Linguistics and Big Data have been a fruitful partnership since they first found each other, and new hookups with promising results are happening all the time. Here's a small sampling of the riches to be found in two new corpora — the TV Corpus and the Movie Corpus.
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Article Topics:Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexiconThe Year of "Tender Age" January 7, 2019 By Nancy Friedman
For the first time ever, a euphemism been chosen as the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year. The winning term has an innocent sound that masks a sinister reality.
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Article Topics:Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word Lovers2019: The International Year of Indigenous Languages January 1, 2019 By Orin Hargraves
Unesco chooses a cultural theme to highlight and celebrate every year. Now, in 2019, indigenous languages are ready for a long overdue closeup.
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Article Topics:Dog EaredBooks we love"Talk on the Wild Side" Is a Sharp Ode to Our Unruly, Resilient Language December 21, 2018 By Mark Peters
Like most well-informed language books, this one is not going to be popular with the English-is-going-to-hell crowd. In this multifaceted yet focused book, Greene makes a powerful argument for the inherent resiliency of language, and his own sharp writing is serious support for language's power.
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