Neuroscience
Read about the next gen of lexicographers, including a 33-year-old editor-in-chief of the Oxford American Dictionary, and the 38-year-old "second-in-command" at the American Heritage Dictionary who has the phonetic vowel chart tatooed across his back. And many more!
March 19, 2005
Arts: In Land of Lexicons, Having the Last Word
NYT
By STRAWBERRY SAROYAN
Erin McKean is part of the next wave of top lexicographers who have already or may soon take over guardianship of the nation's language.
- "infectiously Exuberant [lexicographical] Talk"
Terrific TedTalk by Erin McKean, editor in chief of the Oxford American Dictionary; on the TedTalks web site, they call her infectiously exuberant, and I'd have to agree. It's 15 minutes, but I could have listened for much longer. On the word...
- From Unregistered Words To Oed3
Just heard a great lecture / podcast by Simon Winchester on the Oxford English Dictionary. Winchester spoke at TVOntario’s Big Ideas show in May and told fascinating stories about the genesis of monolingual dictionaries, which came later than the multilingual...
- American Heritage: __scriptive Dictionary
Cute story in today's Times about the American Heritage Dictionary: is it prescriptive or descriptive? Read bits about its history, Webster's Third, and the Oxford American Dictionary. And find out about the panel who decides what's in & what's...
- Search The Oed From Your Browser
... if you subscribe to the online Oxford English Dictionary, you can put a link to search it on your browser's toolbar. Their instructions indicate that this is possible for the usual browsers like Internet Explorer, but also Firefox and even Safari....
- Print Is Mighty, Too
Have you seen the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas yet? Very impressive! The new edition is 6 volumes (compared with 4) and has some very topical and cognitive entries. There are several having to do with consciousness, the philosophers among you...
Neuroscience
Lexicographers: the next generation
Read about the next gen of lexicographers, including a 33-year-old editor-in-chief of the Oxford American Dictionary, and the 38-year-old "second-in-command" at the American Heritage Dictionary who has the phonetic vowel chart tatooed across his back. And many more!
March 19, 2005
Arts: In Land of Lexicons, Having the Last Word
NYT
By STRAWBERRY SAROYAN
Erin McKean is part of the next wave of top lexicographers who have already or may soon take over guardianship of the nation's language.
- "infectiously Exuberant [lexicographical] Talk"
Terrific TedTalk by Erin McKean, editor in chief of the Oxford American Dictionary; on the TedTalks web site, they call her infectiously exuberant, and I'd have to agree. It's 15 minutes, but I could have listened for much longer. On the word...
- From Unregistered Words To Oed3
Just heard a great lecture / podcast by Simon Winchester on the Oxford English Dictionary. Winchester spoke at TVOntario’s Big Ideas show in May and told fascinating stories about the genesis of monolingual dictionaries, which came later than the multilingual...
- American Heritage: __scriptive Dictionary
Cute story in today's Times about the American Heritage Dictionary: is it prescriptive or descriptive? Read bits about its history, Webster's Third, and the Oxford American Dictionary. And find out about the panel who decides what's in & what's...
- Search The Oed From Your Browser
... if you subscribe to the online Oxford English Dictionary, you can put a link to search it on your browser's toolbar. Their instructions indicate that this is possible for the usual browsers like Internet Explorer, but also Firefox and even Safari....
- Print Is Mighty, Too
Have you seen the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas yet? Very impressive! The new edition is 6 volumes (compared with 4) and has some very topical and cognitive entries. There are several having to do with consciousness, the philosophers among you...