A special edition of the Linguistic Anthropology Roundup to introduce Ben Zimmer, a Yale and Chicago-trained linguistic anthropologist, linguist and lexicographer who was just appointed as the New York Times’s Sunday Magazine, “On Language” columnist. Thanks to Bambi Schieffelin, Kerim Friedman and Scott Keisling for mentioning his appointment.
Gerald Mazorati’s article introducing Ben Zimmer:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/magazine/21edlet-t.html
NY Times Press Release:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=105317&p=irol-pressArticle&ID=1401763&highlight=
Huffington Post mentioning his appointment:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/ben-zimmer-new-on-languag_n_495867.html
Ben Zimmer on
No:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/magazine/21FOB-onlanguage-t.html
Optics:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E2D6173BF934A35750C0A9669D8B63
Podium:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E0DC123BF934A35751C0A9669D8B63
Crash Blossoms:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html
Choate:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E3D91339F930A35752C0A9669D8B63
Skxawng! (The invention of science fiction languages)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/magazine/06FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1
Cadillac as a figure of speech:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/magazine/08FOB-onlanguage-t.html
Ms.:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/magazine/25FOB-onlanguage-t.html
The death of William Safire:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11FOB-onlanguage-t.html