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{{Short description|Magazine on recreational linguistics, logology and word play}}
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| title = Word Ways
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| image_caption = Cover of the November 2013 issue | image_caption = Cover of the November 2013 issue
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| abbreviation = Word Ways
| editor = Jeremiah Farrell | editor = Jeremiah Farrell
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| issn = 0043-7980 | issn = 0043-7980
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| OCLC = 1604435 | OCLC = 1604435
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'''''Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics''''' is a quarterly ] on ] and ]. It was established by ] in 1968 at the behest of ].<ref name="lookback" /><ref name="dance1" /><ref name="evans" /><ref name="johnson" /> ] took over as ] for 1969, but stepped down when ] dropped the publication.<ref name="lookback" /><ref name="evans" /><ref name="winkel" /> ], a statistician at ], became editor until 2006<ref name="evans" /><ref name="winkel" /> when he was succeeded by ] (]).<ref name="campbell" /> '''''Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics''''' is a quarterly ] on ], ] and ]. It was established by ] in 1968 at the behest of ].<ref name="lookback"/><ref name="dance1"/><ref name="evans"/><ref name="johnson"/> ] took over as ] for 1969, but stepped down when ] dropped the publication.<ref name="lookback"/><ref name="evans"/><ref name="winkel"/> ], a statistician at ], became editor until 2006,<ref name="evans"/><ref name="winkel"/> when he was succeeded by ] (]).<ref name="campbell"/>


''Word Ways'' was the first periodical devoted exclusively to wordplay, and has become the foremost publication in that field.<ref name="evans" /><ref name="colossal" /> Lying "on the midpoint of a spectrum from popular magazine to scholarly journal",<ref name="winkel" /> it publishes articles on all sorts of linguistic oddities and creative use of language. This includes research into and demonstrations of ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, and unusually ],<ref name="johnson" /><ref name="winkel" /><ref name="espy4" /><ref name="gardner" /><ref name="lederer" /> as well as book reviews, literature surveys, investigations into questionable logological claims, puzzles and quizzes, and a small measure of linguistically oriented fiction.<ref name="winkel" /><ref name="abrahams" /> ''Word Ways'' was the first periodical devoted exclusively to word play, and has become the foremost publication in that field.<ref name="evans"/><ref name="colossal"/> Lying "on the midpoint of a spectrum from popular magazine to scholarly journal",<ref name="winkel"/> it publishes articles on various linguistic oddities and creative use of language. This includes research into and demonstrations of ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s<ref name="zuckermann"/> and unusually ],<ref name="johnson"/><ref name="winkel"/><ref name="espy4"/><ref name="gardner"/><ref name="lederer"/> as well as book reviews, literature surveys, investigations into questionable logological claims, puzzles and quizzes, ]<ref name="zuckermann1"/> and a small measure of linguistically oriented fiction.<ref name="winkel"/><ref name="abrahams"/>


Bestselling language author ] discovered ''Word Ways'' in 1972, and eventually used material from several dozen articles in his ''Almanac of Words at Play'' ].<ref name="espy4" /><ref name="espy1" /><ref name="espy2" /><ref name="espy3" /> 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.<ref name="espy" /> ] discovered ''Word Ways'' in 1972, and eventually used material from several dozen articles in his ''Almanac of Words at Play'' ].<ref name="espy4"/><ref name="espy1"/><ref name="espy2" /><ref name="espy3"/> 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.<ref name="espy"/>

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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Farrell |first1=Jeremiah |title=More Word Ways? |journal=Word Ways |date=November 2020 |volume=53 |issue=3 |page=4 |url=https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5950&context=wordways |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>

== 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 == == See also ==
* ] * ], former editor
* ]


== References == == References ==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs= {{Reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
<ref name="winkel">{{cite journal |last1=Winkel |first1=Brian J. |year=1977 |title=Word Ways, a journal worth going your way |journal=] |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=232–234 |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol43/iss3/6/ |doi=10.1080/0161-117791832968 |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0161-117791832968}}</ref> <ref name="winkel">{{cite journal|last1=Winkel |first1=Brian J. |year=1977 |title=Word Ways, a journal worth going your way |journal=] |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=232–234 |doi=10.1080/0161-117791832968}}</ref>
<ref name="zuckermann">{{cite journal |last1=Zuckermann |author-link=Ghil'ad Zuckermann |first1=Ghil'ad |year=1998 |title=Lear's In Israel?|journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=154–155 |url=https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol31/iss2/18/}}</ref>
<ref name="espy">{{cite journal |last1=Eckler |first1=A. Ross |year=1999 |title=Willard R. Espy, 1910–1999 |journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=83–84 |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol32/iss2/2/}}</ref> <ref name="espy">{{cite journal |last1=Eckler |first1=A. Ross |year=1999 |title=Willard R. Espy, 1910–1999 |journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=83–84 |url=http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol32/iss2/2/}}</ref>
<ref name="zuckermann1">{{cite journal |last1=Zuckermann |author-link=Ghil'ad Zuckermann |first1=Ghil'ad |year=2011 |title=Mnemonics in Second Language Acquisition |journal=Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=302–309 |url=https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol44/iss4/21}}</ref>
<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="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> <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="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 |location=London |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-1-101-58863-5 }}</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="gardner">{{cite book |last=Gardner |first=Martin |date=1995 |title=New Mathematical Diversions |url=https://archive.org/details/newmathematicald0000gard|url-access=registration |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |page= }}</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="colossal">{{cite book |last1=Gardner |first1=Martin |last2=Jennings |first2=Ken |author2-link=Ken Jennings |date=2010 |title=Colossal Book of Wordplay |publisher=Puzzlewright |isbn=978-1402765032 }}</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="campbell">{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=T. |date=2013 |title=On Crosswords: Thoughts, Studies, Facts and Snark About a 100-Year-Old Pastime |publisher=Koehler Books |page=117 |isbn=978-1938467462 }}</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="lederer">{{cite book |last=Lederer |first=Richard |date=1998 |title=The Word Circus |url=https://archive.org/details/wordcircusletter00lede |publisher=Merriam-Webster |isbn=978-0877793540 }}</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="espy1">{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Willard R. |date=1975 |title=An Almanac of Words at Play |url=https://archive.org/details/almanachofwordsa0000unse |publisher=Clarkson Potter |isbn=978-0-517-52463-3 |url-access=registration }}</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="espy2">{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Willard R. |date=1981 |title=Another Almanac of Words at Play |publisher=Clarkson Potter |isbn=978-0-233-97288-6 }}</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="espy3">{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Willard R. |date=1982 |title=A Children's Almanac of Words at Play |publisher=Clarkson Potter |isbn=978-0-340-34852-9}}</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> <ref name="espy4">{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Willard R. |date=1999 |title=The Best of an Almanac of Words at Play |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877791454 |publisher=Merriam-Webster |isbn=978-0-87779-145-4 }}</ref>
<ref name="abrahams">{{cite news |authorlink=Marc Abrahams |author=Marc Abrahams |title=Wordplay proves a fruitful area for research |url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/dec/17/higher-education-research-wordplay |newspaper=] |location= |date=December 17, 2012 |page= |accessdate=October 22, 2014 }}</ref> <ref name="abrahams">{{cite news |author-link=Marc Abrahams |author=Marc Abrahams |title=Wordplay proves a fruitful area for research |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/dec/17/higher-education-research-wordplay |newspaper=] |date=December 17, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2014 }}</ref>
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== External links == ==External links==
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 8 October 2024

Magazine on recreational linguistics, logology and word play
Word Ways
Cover of the November 2013 issue
EditorJeremiah Farrell
CategoriesRecreational linguistics
FrequencyQuarterly
Publisher
First issue1968
CountryUSA
Based inIndianapolis, Indiana
Websitedigitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/
ISSN0043-7980
OCLC1604435

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. Howard Bergerson took over as editor-in-chief for 1969, but stepped down when Greenwood Periodicals dropped the publication. A. Ross Eckler Jr., a statistician at Bell Labs, became editor until 2006, when he was succeeded by Jeremiah Farrell (Butler University).

Word Ways was the first periodical devoted exclusively to word play, and has become the foremost publication in that field. Lying "on the midpoint of a spectrum from popular magazine to scholarly journal", 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 and unusually long words, as well as book reviews, literature surveys, investigations into questionable logological claims, puzzles and quizzes, mnemonics and a small measure of linguistically oriented fiction.

Willard R. Espy discovered Word Ways in 1972, and eventually used material from several dozen articles in his Almanac of Words at Play anthologies. 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.

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.

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

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Johnson, Dale D.; von Hoff Johnson, Bonnie; Schlichting, Kathleen (2004). "Logology: Word and language play". In Baumann, James F.; Kame'enui, Edward J. (eds.). Vocabulary Instruction: Research to Practice. Guildford Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-57230-933-3.
  5. ^ Winkel, Brian J. (1977). "Word Ways, a journal worth going your way". Cryptologia. 1 (3): 232–234. doi:10.1080/0161-117791832968.
  6. Campbell, T. (2013). On Crosswords: Thoughts, Studies, Facts and Snark About a 100-Year-Old Pastime. Koehler Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-1938467462.
  7. Gardner, Martin; Jennings, Ken (2010). Colossal Book of Wordplay. Puzzlewright. ISBN 978-1402765032.
  8. Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (1998). "Lear's In Israel?". Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. 31 (2): 154–155.
  9. ^ Espy, Willard R. (1999). The Best of an Almanac of Words at Play. Merriam-Webster. ISBN 978-0-87779-145-4.
  10. Gardner, Martin (1995). New Mathematical Diversions. Mathematical Association of America. p. 248.
  11. Lederer, Richard (1998). The Word Circus. Merriam-Webster. ISBN 978-0877793540.
  12. Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2011). "Mnemonics in Second Language Acquisition". Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. 44 (4): 302–309.
  13. Marc Abrahams (December 17, 2012). "Wordplay proves a fruitful area for research". The Guardian. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  14. Espy, Willard R. (1975). An Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 978-0-517-52463-3.
  15. Espy, Willard R. (1981). Another Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 978-0-233-97288-6.
  16. Espy, Willard R. (1982). A Children's Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 978-0-340-34852-9.
  17. Eckler, A. Ross (1999). "Willard R. Espy, 1910–1999". Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. 32 (2): 83–84.
  18. Farrell, Jeremiah (November 2020). "More Word Ways?". Word Ways. 53 (3): 4. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

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