Word Ways
Magazine on recreational linguistics, logology and word play From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics is a quarterly magazine on recreational linguistics, logology and word play. It was established by Dmitri Borgmann in 1968 at the behest of Martin Gardner.[1][2][3][4] Howard Bergerson took over as editor-in-chief for 1969, but stepped down when Greenwood Periodicals dropped the publication.[1][3][5] A. Ross Eckler Jr., a statistician at Bell Labs, became editor until 2006,[3][5] when he was succeeded by Jeremiah Farrell (Butler University).[6]
.svg) Cover of the November 2013 issue | |
| Editor | Jeremiah Farrell |
|---|---|
| Categories | Recreational linguistics |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher |
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| First issue | 1968 |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Website | digitalcommons |
| ISSN | 0043-7980 |
| OCLC | 1604435 |
Word Ways was the first periodical devoted exclusively to word play, and has become the foremost publication in that field.[3][7] Lying "on the midpoint of a spectrum from popular magazine to scholarly journal",[5] it publishes articles on various linguistic oddities and creative use of language. This includes research into and demonstrations of anagrams, pangrams, lipograms, tautonyms, univocalics, word ladders, palindromes[8] and unusually long words,[4][5][9][10][11] as well as book reviews, literature surveys, investigations into questionable logological claims, puzzles and quizzes, mnemonics[12] and a small measure of linguistically oriented fiction.[5][13]
Willard R. Espy discovered Word Ways in 1972, and eventually used material from several dozen articles in his Almanac of Words at Play anthologies.[9][14][15][16] The first of these included complete subscription details for Word Ways, which generated so many inquiries that for decades the publishers were reluctant to change their address.[17]
In the November 2020 issue, editor Jeremiah Farrell announced that the publication of Word Ways would be suspended, but will hopefully resume in the future.[18]
Current editorial board
- Editor: Jeremiah Farrell, Butler University
- Lacey Echols, Butler University
- Kirstin L. Ellsworth, South Pasadena, California
- Barbara Howes, Butler University
- Katie Mohr, Wiley Publishing Company
- David D. Wright, Hangzhou, China
- Electronic Journal Publishing Assistant: Laina Ridenour, Butler University
See also
- Dave Morice, former editor
References
External links
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