Topic: Dictionaries And Lexicography

What's in a name? Quite a lot, says lexicographer

Would a gay-straight alliance by any other name be as inclusive?. . . . That's the question raised this week after a Catholic think-tank's ...
2012. We live in a world in which the choice of a label determines whether tens of millions of people have the right to survive or to die. The...

Monthly Gleanings: January 2012

By Anatoly Liberman . . . The Infamous C-Word. . 1. In Sackcloth and Ashes. In the post on the C-word, I made two mistakes, for both of which I am...
The Bakersfield East Rotary is donating more than 1,500 dictionaries to students throughout east Bakersfield.. . The donations will go to students...
By Dennis Baron . . . There's a new breed of dictionary, untouched by human hands. The New York Times reports that teams of programmers have...

Things to Talk About at the Bar

Tebow. . . Not President Tebow. . . Playmates Tebowing. . . Brady. . . President Colbert. . . Poor not-President Huntsman. . . The poor Canadiens...
Minneapolis, MN, December 15, 2011 -(PR.com)- Ultralingua, well known for their wide array of language reference applications, is pleased to...
Minneapolis, MN, December 08, 2011 -(PR.com)- Language software startup Ultralingua launched their Apps for Aid program this week, making it...
We have been looking at the map of the world all our lives - in text books, atlases, dictionaries, etc. - and it seems simple enough. But it isn't...

A modern tower that's open to all

0 . "Civility" isn't a word found in architectural dictionaries, but it defines this stepped-back tower of limestone and glass that accelerated the...