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Biological Gematria, . Anil

Word Ways

The gematria or alphanumeric values (AV) of the 837 biotypes in the M-W Pocket Dictionary ('06) range from 12 (bee=2+5+5) to 176 (whippoorwill).

Extract Of The Proceedings Of The Palindrome Society Annual Convention, Richard Canty

Word Ways

Good Evening, fellow palindromists. I am Professor Emord Nilap, the delegate from Albania, and I'll be your M.C. for this occasion.

The Proper Commons, J. James Mancuso

Word Ways

The challenge is to create prose using capitonyms -- words that are both proper nouns and common nouns, and write parallel sentences. You must use them all as proper nouns in one, and then as common nouns, in the same order, in the companion sentence.

Long One-Syllable Words, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

There are quite a few common 9-letter words pronounced with a single syllable.

The Long And The Short Of It, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

The Long And The Short Of It is devoted to long and short vowel sounds of the same vowel, in various guises. No extraneous vowels are allowed.

Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935-2014), Joop Van Der Vaart

Word Ways

Being one of the probably very few Dutch subscribers to Word Ways magazine (In fact, Karen and Jerry have informed me that I am now the captain of an almost abandoned ship, being the sole remaining Dutch subscriber), I feel that the reader of Word Ways should be notified that Dutch author, mathematician and master of word play Hugo Brandt Corstius, sadly passed away at the age of 78 on February 28th 2014. Furthermore, I feel that you should know more about him than you might know already.

Automynorcagrammatical Raven, Matt Franklin

Word Ways

in 1975, Howard Bergerson published an article "Automynocagrams" in Word Ways. The challenge at the end is to write an "automynorcagrammatical Raven". Here is my (short) attempt, begun in 1975 and put down many times between now and then.

Some Possible Items On The Menu At A Mathematics Restaurant, Chris Morgan

Word Ways

What might you find on the menu down at the Mathematics Restaurant? Here are some possibilities.

Light Verse: I Rhyme, Therefore I Amb, Jerry Dorbin

Word Ways

A series of poems.

Elemental Words Revisited, Tristan Miller

Word Ways

The names and abbreviations of the chemical elements have been a perennial topic in Word Ways, going back the very first issue.

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the quizzes and puzzles contained in this issue.

Instructions To Authors

Word Ways

Instructions to authors and back cover.

"Man Should Not Scamper With The Unkown!" A New Chrestomathy Of Linguistic Miscellanea, Don Hauptman

Word Ways

Numerous critics and curmudgeons have inveighed against the concept of Facebook "friends," rightly pointing out that hundreds of people can't be one's friends in any meaningful sense of the word friendship.

Developmental Differences In The Influence Of Phonological Similarity On Spoken Word Processing In Mandarin Chinese., Jeffrey G Malins, Danqi Gao, Ran Tao, James R Booth, Hua Shu, Marc F Joanisse, Li Liu, Amy S Desroches

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

The developmental trajectory of spoken word recognition has been well established in Indo-European languages, but to date remains poorly characterized in Mandarin Chinese. In this study, typically developing children (N=17; mean age 10; 5) and adults (N=17; mean age 24) performed a picture-word matching task in Mandarin while we recorded ERPs. Mismatches diverged from expectations in different components of the Mandarin syllable; namely, word-initial phonemes, word-final phonemes, and tone. By comparing responses to different mismatch types, we uncovered evidence suggesting that both children and adults process words incrementally. However, we also observed key developmental differences in how subjects treated onset …

Krzic Elected Incoming President Of Intensive English Programs Consortium, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Jarvis To Become Executive Director Of Language Learning, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities News

• Department of Writing & Linguistics invites campus to write its community

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

• Department of Writing & Linguistics invites campus to write its community

Reduction Vs. Expansion: The Conflicting Projects Of Kenneth Burke And Michel Foucault, Michael David Measel

Theses and Dissertations

This project is an intertextual study of the theoretical projects of Kenneth Burke and Michel Foucault. It outlines their relationship in terms of points of cohesion and points of departure in their works. The similarities and differences between the projects of Burke and Foucault is described in terms of the relationship between language, knowledge, power, and society, then described in terms of the dichotomy of Reduction and Expansion. This dichotomy gives us a starting point from which to outline the commonalities and differences between these authors' projects. It also gives us a tool for other types of investigations concerning language …

Proposals Sought For Call Conference At Ohio University, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Study Abroad Opportunities For Spring 2015 Deadlines Near, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics News (2012-2022)

• Writing & Linguistics brings Scott McCloud to campus

"S" Entials, Steve Kahan

Word Ways

A matching quiz.

Light Verse, Jerry Dorbin

Word Ways

A collection of poems.

Anagram Quiz 13, . Anil

Word Ways

A Quiz.

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.

Minimalist Crossword Puzzle, Daniel W. Galef

Word Ways

A crossword puzzle.

Anagram Quiz 14, . Anil

Word Ways

A quiz.

Speaking Mathish, Daniel W. Galef

Word Ways

Mathematics, as it has often been noted, is its own language.

Garden Paths, Daniel Galef

Word Ways

A puzzle.