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'''''Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics''''' is a quarterly ] on ] and ]. '''''Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics''''' is a quarterly publication on ] and ].


The magazine 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="evans" /><ref name="lookback" /> ] became editor until 2006<ref name="evans" /> when he was succeeded by ] (]).<ref name="campbell" /> The journal 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="evans" /><ref name="lookback" /><ref name="winkel" /> ], a statistician at ], became editor until 2006<ref name="evans" /><ref name="winkel" /> when he was succeeded by ] (]).<ref name="campbell" />


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Bestselling language author ] 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" /> Bestselling language author ] 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" /> 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" />


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<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="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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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 publication on recreational linguistics and logology.

The journal 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 wordplay, 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 all sorts of linguistic oddities and creative use of language. This includes research into and demonstrations of anagrams, pangrams, lipograms, tautonyms, univocalics, word ladders, and unusually long words,, as well as book reviews, literature surveys, investigations into questionable logological claims, puzzles and quizzes, and a small measure of linguistically oriented fiction.

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. 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.

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 1-57230-933-4. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  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. ^ Espy, Willard R. (1999). The Best of an Almanac of Words at Play. Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-145-7.
  9. Gardner, Martin (1995). New Mathematical Diversions. Mathematical Association of America. p. 248.
  10. Lederer, Richard (1998). The Word Circus. Merriam-Webster. ISBN 978-0877793540.
  11. Marc Abrahams (December 17, 2012). "Wordplay proves a fruitful area for research". The guardian. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  12. Espy, Willard R. (1975). An Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-517-52463-5.
  13. Espy, Willard R. (1981). Another Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-233-97288-9.
  14. Espy, Willard R. (1982). A Children's Almanac of Words at Play. Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-340-34852-6.
  15. Eckler, A. Ross (1999). "Willard R. Espy, 1910–1999". Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. 32 (2): 83–84.

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