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| firstdate = 1968
| firstdate = 1968
| frequency = Quarterly
| frequency = Quarterly
| website = http://wordways.com/
| website = [http://wordways.com/ wordways.com]
| issn = 0043-7980
| issn = 0043-7980
| LCCN = sf77000251
| LCCN = sf77000251
| OCLC = 1604435
| OCLC = 1604435
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'''''Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics''''' is a quarterly [[magazine]] on [[recreational linguistics]] and [[logology]].
'''''Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics''''' is a quarterly [[magazine]] on [[recreational linguistics]] and [[logology]]. It was established by [[Dmitri Borgmann]] in 1968 at the behest of [[Martin Gardner]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eckler |first1=A. Ross |year=2010 |title=Look back! |journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=167–168 |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol43/iss3/6/}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eckler |first1=A. Ross |year=2010 |title=Word Ways: Making the alphabet dance (part one) |journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=219–240 |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol46/iss3/20}}</ref> [[Howard Bergerson]] took over as [[editor-in-chief]] for 1969, but stepped down when [[Greenwood Periodicals]] dropped the publication.<ref name="eckler">{{cite journal |last=Eckler, Jr. |first=A. Ross |date=May 2010 |title=Howard Bergerson |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol43/iss2/2/ |journal=[[Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics]] |publisher= |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=82–88 |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> [[A. Ross Eckler, Jr.]] became editor until 2006 when he was succeeded by [[Jeremiah Farrell]] ([[Butler University]]).

The magazine was established by [[Dmitri Borgmann]] in 1968 at the behest of [[Martin Gardner]].<ref name="lookback" /><ref name="dance1" /><ref name="evans" /><ref name="johnson" /> [[Howard Bergerson]] took over as [[editor-in-chief]] for 1969, but stepped down when [[Greenwood Periodicals]] dropped the publication.<ref name="evans" /><ref name="lookback" /> [[A. Ross Eckler, Jr.]] became editor until 2006<ref name="evans" /> when he was succeeded by [[Jeremiah Farrell]] ([[Butler University]]).<ref name="campbell" />

''Word Ways'' was the first magazine devoted exclusively to wordplay, and has become the foremost publication in that field.<ref name="evans" /><ref name="colossal" /> It publishes articles on all sorts of linguistic oddities and creative use of language, such as [[anagram]]s, [[pangram]]s, [[lipogram]]s, [[reduplication|tautonym]]s, [[univocalic]]s, [[word ladder]]s, and unusually [[longest words|long words]].<ref name="espy4" /><ref name="johnson" /><ref name="gardner" /><ref name="lederer" /> Bestselling language author [[Willard R. Espy]] discovered ''Word Ways'' in 1972, and eventually used material from several dozen articles in his ''Almanac of Words at Play'' anthologies.<ref name="espy1" /><ref name="espy2" /><ref name="espy3" /><ref name="espy4" />


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="lookback">{{cite journal |last1=Eckler |first1=A. Ross |year=2010 |title=Look back! |journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=167–168 |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol43/iss3/6/}}</ref>
<ref name="dance1">{{cite journal |last1=Eckler |first1=A. Ross |year=2010 |title=Word Ways: Making the alphabet dance (part one) |journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=219–240 |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol46/iss3/20}}</ref>
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<ref name="evans">{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Rod L. |date=2012 |title=Tyrannosaurus Lex: The Marvelous Book of Palindromes, Anagrams, and Other Delightful and Outrageous Wordplay |url= |location=London |publisher=Penguin Books |page= |isbn=978-1-101-58863-5 |accessdate= }}</ref>
<ref name="gardner">{{cite book |last=Gardner |first=Martin |date=1995 |title=New Mathematical Diversions |url= |location= |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |page=248 |isbn= |accessdate= }}</ref>
<ref name="colossal">{{cite book |last1=Gardner |first1=Martin |last2=Jennings |first2=Ken |author2link=Ken Jennings |date=2010 |title=Colossal Book of Wordplay |url= |location= |publisher=Puzzlewright |page= |isbn=978-1402765032 |accessdate= }}</ref>
<ref name="campbell">{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=T. |date=2013 |title=On Crosswords: Thoughts, Studies, Facts and Snark About a 100-Year-Old Pastime |url= |location= |publisher=Koehler Books |page=117 |isbn=978-1938467462 |accessdate= }}</ref>
<ref name="lederer">{{cite book |last=Lederer |first=Richard |date=1998 |title=The Word Circus |url= |location= |publisher=Merriam-Webster |page= |isbn=978-0877793540 |accessdate= }}</ref>
<ref name="espy1">{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Willard R. |date=1975 |title=An Almanac of Words at Play |url= |location= |publisher=Clarkson Potter |page= |isbn=0-517-52463-5 |accessdate= }}</ref>
<ref name="espy2">{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Willard R. |date=1981 |title=Another Almanac of Words at Play |url= |location= |publisher=Clarkson Potter |page= |isbn=0-233-97288-9 |accessdate= }}</ref>
<ref name="espy3">{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Willard R. |date=1982 |title=A Children's Almanac of Words at Play |url= |location= |publisher=Clarkson Potter |page= |isbn=0-340-34852-6|accessdate= }}</ref>
<ref name="espy4">{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Willard R. |date=1999 |title=The Best of an Almanac of Words at Play |url= |location= |publisher=Merriam-Webster |page= |isbn=0-87779-145-7 |accessdate= }}</ref>
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== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 14:03, 14 October 2014

Word Ways
Cover of the November 2013 issue
EditorJeremiah Farrell
CategoriesRecreational linguistics
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherGreenwood Periodicals (1968–1969)

A. Ross Eckler (1970–2006)

Jeremiah Farrell (2007–)
First issue1968
Websitewordways.com
ISSN0043-7980
OCLC1604435

Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics is a quarterly magazine on recreational linguistics and logology.

The magazine 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.[3][1] A. Ross Eckler, Jr. became editor until 2006[3] when he was succeeded by Jeremiah Farrell (Butler University).[5]

Word Ways was the first magazine devoted exclusively to wordplay, and has become the foremost publication in that field.[3][6] It publishes articles on all sorts of linguistic oddities and creative use of language, such as anagrams, pangrams, lipograms, tautonyms, univocalics, word ladders, and unusually long words.[7][4][8][9] Bestselling language author Willard R. Espy discovered Word Ways in 1972, and eventually used material from several dozen articles in his Almanac of Words at Play anthologies.[10][11][12][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Eckler, A. Ross (2010). "Look back!". Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. 43 (3): 167–168.
  2. ^ Eckler, A. Ross (2010). "Word Ways: Making the alphabet dance (part one)". Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. 46 (3): 219–240.
  3. ^ a b c d Evans, Rod L. (2012). Tyrannosaurus Lex: The Marvelous Book of Palindromes, Anagrams, and Other Delightful and Outrageous Wordplay. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1-101-58863-5.
  4. ^ a b Johnson, Dale D.; von Hoff Johnson, Bonnie; Schlichting, Kathleen (2004). "Logology: Word and language play". In Edward J., Kame'enui (ed.). Vocabulary Instruction: Research to Practice. Guildford Press. p. 180. ISBN 1-57230-933-4. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  5. ^ Campbell, T. (2013). On Crosswords: Thoughts, Studies, Facts and Snark About a 100-Year-Old Pastime. Koehler Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-1938467462.
  6. ^ Gardner, Martin; Jennings, Ken (2010). Colossal Book of Wordplay. Puzzlewright. ISBN 978-1402765032.
  7. ^ a b Espy, Willard R. (1999). The Best of an Almanac of Words at Play. Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-145-7.
  8. ^ Gardner, Martin (1995). New Mathematical Diversions. Mathematical Association of America. p. 248.
  9. ^ Lederer, Richard (1998). The Word Circus. Merriam-Webster. ISBN 978-0877793540.
  10. ^ Espy, Willard R. (1975). An Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-517-52463-5.
  11. ^ Espy, Willard R. (1981). Another Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-233-97288-9.
  12. ^ Espy, Willard R. (1982). A Children's Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-340-34852-6.
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