Blogs about: Lexicography

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Article on evaluating English-Spanish legal dictionaries 1 comment

Sergio wrote 1 day ago: Speaking of bilingual information…  In the latest issue of Law Library Journal, Dennis Kim … more »

Tags: Professional reading

Apuntes de léxico del amor en Ibn Hazm

abenyusuf wrote 1 week ago: En la literatura árabe se codifica pronto una tendencia lexicográfica que consiste en hacer taxono … more »

Tags: Al-Andalus, Bagdad, Books, criticism, Education, Gazal, Islam, Le Coeur Un, Literature's Theory

Lexicographer1 comment

jimsmuse wrote 1 month ago: One of the most romantic evenings I’ve ever spent could only be appreciated by another word-g … more »

Tags: Work

κεφαλη in Philo1 comment

Mike wrote 1 month ago: Suzanne wrote an excellent post pointing out the problems with Grudem’s study of κεφάλ … more »

Tags: Semantics

Word up

twins4reading wrote 1 month ago: Your mention of the dictionary in your last post provides me with an excellent opportunity to work i … more »

Tags: Tristram Shandy

Allo, Mary Poppins...

Alex Steer wrote 1 month ago: A note from the intersection of lexicography and hip-hop: listening to ‘American Boy’ by … more »

Tags: WorDs, slang, Music

Ing-ing

Alex Steer wrote 1 month ago: Finding myself at a car boot sale over the Easter weekend, I started reflecting (because there wasn … more »

Tags: WorDs, etymology, Grammar

OED update

Alex Steer wrote 2 months ago: And a quick note to herald the arrival of the latest updates to OED Online. These, published yesterd … more »

Tags: OED

Errours endlesse traine

Alex Steer wrote 2 months ago: This post by John Crace on the Guardian Arts blog is unfortunate. It contains a claim by a former le … more »

Tags: WorDs, Antedating

Ceased to be

jangari wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been a bit neglectful of this blog lately, and yes, I know I say that at the beginning of jus … more »

Tags: Anthropology, Culture, History, Indigenous Issues, Kaurna, languages, Linguistics, technology

3D Lexicography

Chelsey Delaney wrote 2 months ago: And if you don’t know what lexicography is, I have retrieved its meaning, specifically for thi … more »

Tags: dot.complimentary

Atlantic City's Impact on the English Language4 comments

Jesse O. Kurtz wrote 5 months ago: “‘Woot’ voted Merriam-Webster word of the year” is the newslead that many of … more »

Tags: Non-Political

TshwaneLex again

Claire wrote 5 months ago: Given that I’ve now been using TshwaneLex for a few weeks I thought I’d post an update o … more »

Tags: Fieldwork, Technology and Software

On the Oxford English Dictionary2 comments

Kevin wrote 5 months ago: Edward Rothstein writes on the shorter, third edition-in-progress of the OED in today’s New Yo … more »

Tags: Academia

Wiradjuri Language Development Project

Claire wrote 6 months ago: Site with information about Wiradjuri language and culture, including links for the purchase of lang … more »

Tags: grammars, Individual Languages, Pama-Nyungan, Web

Dictionaries

Jason Adams wrote 7 months ago: I find myself using dictionaries a lot. Because I generally subscribe to the view of language as a … more »

Tags: language, Wikis, dictionaries, dictionary, word sense, Meaning, Wiktionary, lingoz, OED

Update from Tandanya1 comment

jangari wrote 7 months ago: Tandanya is the Kaurna name for Adelaide.  I was finally able to get on the internet today after a … more »

Tags: Linguistics, Indigenous Issues

Neither Here nor There2 comments

jangari wrote 8 months ago: This is a general appeal to anyone who knows a little bit of Kunwinjku, even just the basics. And it … more »

Tags: Linguistics

On Farts and Burps5 comments

jangari wrote 10 months ago: I’ve been here for well over a week now, and I can’t say I’m quite jubilant about … more »

Tags: Linguistics