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Critiquing Debate, James P. Dimock

Speaker & Gavel

Debaters enjoy debating more than debate itself. The closer one gets to be-coming ―"an old debater" (a category to which I will inevitably have to resign myself sooner or later), the more likely we are to find ourselves debating on the side of ―"the way debate used to be" or ―"the way debate is supposed to be." I don‘t malign this seemly inevitable progression or even my place in it. I think the tendency to re-examine ourselves says something about our activity. I enter this debate about debate, I think I should begin by defining my side of the flow, …

Creating Sites For Reasonable Discourse Stasis In Public Deliberation, Aaron Dimock

Speaker & Gavel

This paper presents an analysis of stasis as a means for creating common ground between conflicting parties and a guide to judgment in public deliberation. Craig‘s (1989) approach to communication as a ―practical discipline‖ provides the theoretical justification for research that examines the practical communication problems society faces. This paper examines public discourse in the form of arguments before local deliberative bodies, where people are attempting to influence the judgment of the board and the public. Using the methods of a rhetorically informed discourse analysis (see Tracy, 2001 & 2002), this paper examines the formulation, presentation, and reaction to arguments …

Book Review Of "Versions Of Academic Freedom" By Stanley Fish, Michael Robertson

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Sir Jeremy Morse (1928-2016), Editor Word Ways

Word Ways

An obituary from the Times of London, February 6th, 2016 submitted by Darryl Francis.

Repetitive Monograms-1, Steve Kahan

Word Ways

A puzzle in which each answer is a repetitive monogram.

Kickshaws, David Morice

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws

Transposing Phrases, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

A list of words and phrases that have been transposed.

Metalleges Containing All Possible Letter Pairs, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

Examples of words made by shifting two letters in a base word.

Squares From Pairs, David Shaw

Word Ways

A puzzle.

The Growth Of A Directed Word Network, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

A word network is a set of words and links. Two words are joined by a link if they differ by a single letter. More specifically, this is an undirected work network- one can move along a link in either direction. But what if only one direction is allowed? It is the purpose of this article to show how such a network evolves as one adds words one at a time.

A Sam Loyd Puzzle?, Will Shortz

Word Ways

A Puzzle

Recognizing Rights In Real Time: The Role Of Google In The Eu Right To Be Forgotten, Edward Lee

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Maureen Donovan And The Manga Collection At The Ohio State University Library: An Interview With Maureen Donovan, Caitlin Mcgurk

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Are The Kids Alright? Young Australians In Their Middle Years : Final Summary Report Of The Australian Child Wellbeing Project, Gerry Redmond, Jennifer Skattebol, Peter Saunders, Petra Lietz, Gabriella Zizzo, Elizabeth O'Grady, Mollie Tobin, Vanessa Maurici, Jasmine Huynh, Anna Moffat, Melissa Wong, Bruce Bradbury, Kelly Roberts

Wellbeing

Compared with the early years and adolescence, young people in their middle years (ages 8-14 years) have received relatively little attention from policymakers other than in the space of academic achievement, where national curriculums have been developed, and a national testing regime is in place. Yet there is growing recognition that this is a critical time when young people experience rapid physical and mental development, in addition to facing a significant transition from primary to secondary school. The Australian Child Wellbeing Project (ACWP) asked young people about their lives and wellbeing during this crucial period. Wellbeing can be seen as …

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 49, Number 1, Editor Word Ways

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue, including table of contents.

Word Questionnaire-27, Steve Kahan

Word Ways

A logology quiz

All Good Things Must Come To A Trend: More Quirky Linguistic Observations, Conundrums, And Miscellanea, Don Hauptman

Word Ways

A compilation of language oddities, queries, quips, and other trivia the author has observed.

Kybo, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

Every so often a peculiar word makes itself known and invites further investigation. One such recent word is KYBO. New Zealand Scrabble player John Foster brought KYBO to the attention of long time Word Ways contributor Jeff Grant. In turn, Jeff queried it with me. The remainder of this article describes the results of Jeff's and my searches about the word.

Carry On Up The Kybo, John Foster

Word Ways

Recently when talking to Jeff [Grant] I queried the word KYBO which has been with us since the adoption of Collins Dictionary in 2007. I was not challenging its validity but rather the definition which is given as "Australian slang". I pointed out that I had used this word as a child at a YMCA summer camp where it was the official term to be used for the toilet. Jeff is doing further research into the origin of this word but I thought I might relate how I first encountered it and the conclusions that I have drawn as a …

Colloquy, Editor Word Ways

Word Ways

A Collection of responses to previously published articles.

Gaining Or Losing Letters, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Pairs of words made by gaining or losing a single letter or particular types of letters.

Playing With Ough, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Sets of words in which the pronunciation of OUGH in the first words is substituted for the pronunciation in the second word, creating a third word.

Definitive Anagrams: Sa-Sh, . Anil

Word Ways

A collection of anagrams

Mean Sidewalks, . Anil

Word Ways

As mean as Mean Streets, Mean Sidewalks shift meaning as words walk sideways and create a new type of lateral thinking. I leave this word dance challenge for a later time and for others. I'm using Mean Sidewalks as an umbrella title for a miscellany of kickshaws I hope will be a semi-regular feature.

A Puzzle-Literally!, Jeremiah Farrell

Word Ways

A crossword puzzle

Spooner In Context, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Phrases in which pairs of words switch first letters.

Sherlock Holmes Puzzle, Harold Jacobs

Word Ways

A puzzle.

Two Directed State Networks, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

In a directed network, one can move from node to node in one direction only. The set of 50 states form a directed network in either of two configurations.

Debunking Alfred The Great, Ron Singer

Word Ways

A poem.