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chestas

Yesterday I bought the novel Guilty by Definition by the lexicographer, Susie Dent. Her twitter account was one of the few things I really enjoyed about that site.

Each chapter has a header, where she defines a word and states its origin. Presumably, the words will have some relevance to the chapter or story in general.

Eg. Chapter 1 quaesitum, noun (seventeenth century): that which is searched for.

I'm happy that there is a place for lexicographers in this shitty world.

#books#bookstodon#lexicography
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James Bartlett :terminal:

Lexicographer 1: Hey, we need a word for "the fear or dislike of the number 13."

Lexicographer 2: How about "tridecaphobia"? The "trideca-" prefix is Latin for the number 13, like "penta-" for the number 5, "octa-" for 8, etc.

Lexicographer 1: Great, that's perfec... Wait a sec... How many letters are in the word "tridecaphobia"?

Lexicographer 2: <evil grin>

Lexicographer 1: Nope! We're not doing this again! We learned our lesson with "lisp." OK, we're calling it "triskaidekaphobia" instead.

Lexicographer 2: Boo, you're no fun at all.

#tridecaphobia#Latin#thirteen
Project Gutenberg

American lexicographer, editor, and author Noah Webster died #OTD in 1843.

His early contributions to education include a series of textbooks known collectively as the "Blue-Backed Speller." His first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, was published in 1806. However, his most significant achievement came with the publication of An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.

gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/13

#books#dictionaries#lexicography
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

Do American family names make sense?

"The underlying cause for the disconnect is that names, unlike words, don’t have to stay meaningful in order to do their job of identifying individuals or groups of people. In fact, most American family names make no sense at all today and it is fascinating to uncover their original meanings and what they tell us about the history of the people who bear them. Hereditary surnames are especially vulnerable to changes in pronunciation that obscure their original senses."

blog.oup.com/2024/04/do-americ

#USA #US #UnitedStates #America #Names #Humanities #Dictionaries #Lexicography #Linguistics @linguistics

#Image attribution: MartinKassemJ120, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

"Despite these advancements, the study finds that lexicography remains relevant, especially for less-documented languages where AI falls short, but human lexicographers excel in data-sparse environments. It argues for the importance of lexicography in promoting linguistic diversity and maintaining the integrity of lesser-known languages."

Lew, R. Dictionaries and lexicography in the AI era. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 11, 426 (2024). doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-028 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Language #Languages #Linguistics #Dictionary #Dictionaries #Lexicography #Lexicon #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Academia #Academic #Academics @linguistics

Project Gutenberg

English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language H. W. Fowler was born #OTD in 1858.

He is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary. In partnership with his brother Francis, beginning in 1906, he began publishing seminal grammar, style and lexicography books. via @wikipedia

Books translated by H. W. Fowler at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/19

#books#dictionary#lexicography
Sascha Wolfer

Excited to share our new research findings for #Lexicography and #LanguageLearning! Our study in HSScomms shows that CEFR levels predict user interest in dictionary entries, even in the presence of previously known predictors.

Read more: nature.com/articles/s41599-024

NatureCEFR vocabulary level as a predictor of user interest in English Wiktionary entries - Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsThis contribution explores the relationship between the English CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) vocabulary levels and user interest in English Wiktionary entries. User interest was operationalized through the number of views of these entries in Wikimedia server logs covering a period of four years (2019–2022). Our findings reveal a significant relationship between CEFR levels and user interest: entries classified at lower CEFR levels tend to attract more views, which suggests a greater user interest in more basic vocabulary. A multiple regression model controlling for other known or potential factors affecting interest: corpus frequency, polysemy, word prevalence, and age of acquisition confirmed that lower CEFR levels attract significantly more views even after taking into account the other predictors. These findings highlight the importance of CEFR levels in predicting which words users are likely to look up, with implications for lexicography and the development of language learning materials.
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