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Archives for March 2013

When Dictionaries Move Online

March 13, 2013

…surprising things happen. For instance, lexicographers can track word lookups and peg them to news. A celebrity death or political debate now becomes a “vocabulary event.” I spent the last few weeks talking to lexicographers about how dictionary-making changes when it goes digital (“In the Digital Era, Our Dictionaries Read Us“). For dictionary makers, going… Continue reading »

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