The Dictionary Society of North America is offering its annual award for research and study in lexicography. The Award will support one or more lexicographical...
I'm forwarding the following inquiry about freelancers for Oxford UP; please contact them directly. We are looking for freelance lexicographers in the US who...
I am forwarding information about a fellowship in Latin lexicography from the American Philological Association. LB Lisa Berglund, Ph.D. English Department ...
Dear DSNA members, The Int'l Journal of Lexicography has provided free access to DSNA members to the recent special issue; please see details at the end of ...
Sorry for the short notice, but I just realized that NYC-area DSNA members might be interested in this show. Johnny Carrera is, of course, the artist behind...
The weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 13-14, has an article about the five essential reference books for a home library. #1 is the World...
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro@...
Sep 14, 2008 6:44 pm
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Does anyone have a current address (postal or e-mail) for Mike Agnes? Thanks, Joan...
Joan H. Hall
jdhall@...
Sep 17, 2008 3:59 pm
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According to the Telegraph, "Bebo founder celebrates death of the print dictionary with online video version Wordia." The Telegraph's website also has a link...
Hi, members. The idea of a dictionary in action (apparently wordia has a handle on teaching methods) was so intriguing, I'm still smiling about it. As a...
A column in the Times discussing how the Internet is shaping lexicography: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/a ...
I am forwarding a request from John Robertson, a new DSNA member who is seeking help with a lexicography project. If you are interested, please contact Mr....
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:14:19 -0400 From: John Overholt <overholt@...> Subject: CFP: Johnson at 300, A Houghton Library Symposium Houghton...
Michael Hancher
mh@...
Sep 24, 2008 2:14 am
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'Words, Texts, and Dictionaries' For the first time ever a One-day conference will be held by Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (the University of Wales historical ...
"A niddering act?" They are, some would argue, linguistic recrement. Their caducity should be recognized and abstergent measures should be taken to expunge...
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=c74519ed-c8d5-4 312-869b-af7508dd65cc&k=81427 I hope this one works. LB Lisa Berglund, Ph.D. English...
Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758 -- 250 years ago. Celebration events have been arranged by the Noah Webster House and West Hartford Historical...
Michael Hancher
mh@...
Oct 5, 2008 8:02 pm
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A guy who has been sending tip-offs on new words and slang for years, Joe Clark in Toronto, did some independent research into Canadian English spellings,...
We thought you might be interested in more details on the closure of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary unit. (Excuse the self-reference in the article). ...
Stefan Dollinger
dstefan@...
Oct 6, 2008 6:11 pm
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This is very sad. The trend is clear. First Random House, then the Canadian Oxford. Who's next? The claim that any dictionary can be maintained as well by a...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Oct 7, 2008 1:18 pm
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LEXICOM-AMERICAS 2009 A Workshop in Lexicography and Lexical Computing Mexico City, Mexico Co-located with CICLING-09 http://www.cicling.org/2009 February...
There must be a law of synonyms somewhere (of phrasal synomyms in particular). Dictionaries and thesauruses (thesauri) seem too arbitrary & random too trust...
One factor that may be influencing the use of "laptop" and "notebook" is Google itself. Well-run commercial websites (like those selling computers) will...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article492 2834.ece LB Lisa Berglund, Ph.D. English Department Buffalo State College, SUNY ...
I apologize for the way that the links I'm trying to post seem not to come through. I have tested the one below and it works fine-now. If the site is blocked...
Today's the day -- now observed also by Dennis Baron in his blog /The Web of Language/; see ...
Michael Hancher
mh@...
Oct 16, 2008 3:28 pm
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Pardon the belatedness of this response to Sidney's posting. The closing of Oxford's Canadian dictionary program is certainly a regrettable development, and...
jdespres@...
Oct 21, 2008 8:29 pm
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For the OED and for Merriam-Webster, Joanne may well be right, but it is hard to believe that the Oxford Canadian will be kept up-to-date online or any other...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Oct 21, 2008 9:00 pm
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"Why google is in the dictionary but AJAX isn't" An article in Computerworld that quotes a number of DSNA members. http://tinyurl.com/68nohv "Welcome to the...
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