Finding the Word of the Year
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography | November 18, 2009 | 5 Comments
Ammon Shea reveals how the Oxford Word of the Year is chosen.
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Ammon Shea Digs Into the Historical Thesaurus
Historical Thesaurus Week
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Reference | October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
Ammon Shea explores the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Rewriting The Gettysburg Address:
Historical Thesaurus Week
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Prose & Reference | October 28, 2009 | 2 Comments
How could you use the HTOED to rewrite the Gettysburg Address?
Book Models
Filed in A-Featured & Art & Literature | June 5, 2009 | No Comments »
A look at two very personal cover images.
DSNA 2009, or,
Why don’t more people go to conferences?
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Education & Lexicography & Reference | June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ammon Shea reports on the Dictionary Society of North America Conference.
Hanging Noodles
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Prose | May 14, 2009 | No Comments »
Ammon Shea reviews I’m Not Hanging Noodles On Your Ears.
Unloved Books
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Online Resources | April 30, 2009 | 2 Comments
Ammon wonders about the future of books.
Counting words
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs & Dictionaries & Lexicography | April 23, 2009 | No Comments »
How many words are in the English language?
Building Names
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries | April 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ammon Shea looks at a series of buildings named after Oliver Cromwell.
Interning
Filed in A-Featured & Business & Dictionaries | April 2, 2009 | No Comments »
Ammon Shea looks at the role of interns.
