Charles E Carson
Biographic Data
| ID | 2742808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles E Carson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles E |
| FAMILY NAME | Carson |
| SIGNATURE | CARSON C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Among the New Words
A Managing Editor Looks Back, 1991–2025
Among the New Words
of the Year proceedings were once again colocated with the Linguistic Society of America annual meeting.On January 5, 2024, in New York, Ben Zimmer, chair of the New Words Committee, and Kelly Wright, data czar of the New Words Committee, cohosted over 300 people live at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel to choose last year's Word of the Year.A video of these proceedings is available on the American Dialect Society's YouTube channel (https://www.yo…
From the Desks of the Editors
Among the New Words
In this installment, we resume our consideration of outcomes in the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year voting for 2022, covering items in the alphabetic range from longtermism to Woman.Life.Freedom., along with three emoji, including Emoji of the Year, (skull).A full list of WOTY nominees was included in the August 2022 installment of ATNW (AS 98, no. 3
Among The New Words
Research Article| February 01 2022 Among The New Words Brianne Hughes; Brianne Hughes Wordnik Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Wall Street Journal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kelly E. Wright; Kelly E. Wright University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Duke University Press Search for o…
Among the New Words
Research Article| May 01 2021 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Wall Street Journal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kelly E. Wright; Kelly E. Wright University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Duke University Press Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2021) 96 (2): 217–234. https://doi.org/…
Among the New Words
Research Article| May 01 2016 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jane Solomon; Jane Solomon Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2016) 91 (2): 200–225. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-3633118 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitt…
Seventy-Five Years among the New Words
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of American Speech's regular feature “Among the New Words,” the current editors briefly recount the column's history and then highlight some of the words treated therein. A notable word from each year since 1941 was selected from the published treatments for further reflection and reevaluation. The words treated here not only demonstrate the evolving nature of the English language, but also reflect historica…
Among the New Words
Research Article| August 01 2011 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson; Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Laurence R. Horn Laurence R. Horn Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2011) 86 (3): 355–376. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-1503937 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Fac…
Among the New Words
Research Article| November 01 2012 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2012) 87 (4): 491–510. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2077633 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Benjamin Zimmer, Charles E. Ca…
Among the New Words
Research Article| November 01 2010 Among the New Words Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2010) 85 (4): 450–463. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2010-024 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Charles E. Carson; Among the New Words. American Speech 1 November 2010; 85 (4): 450–463. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/0…
Among the New Words
Research Article| August 01 2010 Among the New Words Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2010) 85 (3): 352–365. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2010-020 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Charles E. C…
The Sounds of American Speech
Personal computers have been able to store sounds for more than two decades now, since the launch of Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) in 1988 and subsequent development of common audio formats like Sound Designer II (SDII) and the Waveform Audio Format (WAV).Audio file technology lies behind MP3s and podcasts, of course, but linguists benefited from it almost as soon as it emerged, because it allows not only storage of speech data but also th…
Radiocarbon Dating of Lacustrine Strands in Arctic Alaska
Reports on 1958-64 studies of lacustrine processes and basin sequences in the Pt Barrow region. Lakes developed in the ice-rich late Pleistocene Gubik Formation are surrounded by two to four exposed and revegetated wave-cut shelves which suggest regional correlative cycles of piracy due to minor shifts in climate and eustatic level. Shelves exposed when lakes are intersected by tundra streams and drained, require 10-20 yr for revegetation in the …
Among the New Words
Research Article| November 01 2012 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2012) 87 (4): 491–510. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2077633 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Benjamin Zimmer, Charles E. Ca…
Among the New Words
Research Article| May 01 2016 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jane Solomon; Jane Solomon Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2016) 91 (2): 200–225. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-3633118 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitt…
Among the New Words
Research Article| May 01 2021 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Wall Street Journal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kelly E. Wright; Kelly E. Wright University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Duke University Press Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2021) 96 (2): 217–234. https://doi.org/…
A Managing Editor Looks Back, 1991–2025
From the Desks of the Editors
Among The New Words
Research Article| February 01 2022 Among The New Words Brianne Hughes; Brianne Hughes Wordnik Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Wall Street Journal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kelly E. Wright; Kelly E. Wright University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Duke University Press Search for o…
Seventy-Five Years among the New Words
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of American Speech's regular feature “Among the New Words,” the current editors briefly recount the column's history and then highlight some of the words treated therein. A notable word from each year since 1941 was selected from the published treatments for further reflection and reevaluation. The words treated here not only demonstrate the evolving nature of the English language, but also reflect historica…
Among the New Words
Research Article| August 01 2011 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson; Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Laurence R. Horn Laurence R. Horn Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2011) 86 (3): 355–376. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-1503937 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Fac…
Radiocarbon Dating of Lacustrine Strands in Arctic Alaska
Reports on 1958-64 studies of lacustrine processes and basin sequences in the Pt Barrow region. Lakes developed in the ice-rich late Pleistocene Gubik Formation are surrounded by two to four exposed and revegetated wave-cut shelves which suggest regional correlative cycles of piracy due to minor shifts in climate and eustatic level. Shelves exposed when lakes are intersected by tundra streams and drained, require 10-20 yr for revegetation in the …
The Sounds of American Speech
Personal computers have been able to store sounds for more than two decades now, since the launch of Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) in 1988 and subsequent development of common audio formats like Sound Designer II (SDII) and the Waveform Audio Format (WAV).Audio file technology lies behind MP3s and podcasts, of course, but linguists benefited from it almost as soon as it emerged, because it allows not only storage of speech data but also th…
Among the New Words
Research Article| November 01 2010 Among the New Words Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2010) 85 (4): 450–463. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2010-024 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Charles E. Carson; Among the New Words. American Speech 1 November 2010; 85 (4): 450–463. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/0…
Among the New Words
Research Article| August 01 2010 Among the New Words Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2010) 85 (3): 352–365. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2010-020 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Charles E. C…
Among the New Words
Research Article| August 01 2011 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson; Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Laurence R. Horn Laurence R. Horn Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2011) 86 (3): 355–376. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-1503937 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Fac…
Among the New Words
Research Article| November 01 2012 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2012) 87 (4): 491–510. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-2077633 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Benjamin Zimmer, Charles E. Ca…
Seventy-Five Years among the New Words
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of American Speech's regular feature “Among the New Words,” the current editors briefly recount the column's history and then highlight some of the words treated therein. A notable word from each year since 1941 was selected from the published treatments for further reflection and reevaluation. The words treated here not only demonstrate the evolving nature of the English language, but also reflect historica…
Among the New Words
Research Article| May 01 2016 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jane Solomon; Jane Solomon Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2016) 91 (2): 200–225. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-3633118 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitt…
Among the New Words
Research Article| May 01 2021 Among the New Words Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Wall Street Journal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kelly E. Wright; Kelly E. Wright University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Duke University Press Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2021) 96 (2): 217–234. https://doi.org/…
Among The New Words
Research Article| February 01 2022 Among The New Words Brianne Hughes; Brianne Hughes Wordnik Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Benjamin Zimmer; Benjamin Zimmer Wall Street Journal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Kelly E. Wright; Kelly E. Wright University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Charles E. Carson Charles E. Carson Duke University Press Search for o…
Among the New Words
In this installment, we resume our consideration of outcomes in the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year voting for 2022, covering items in the alphabetic range from longtermism to Woman.Life.Freedom., along with three emoji, including Emoji of the Year, (skull).A full list of WOTY nominees was included in the August 2022 installment of ATNW (AS 98, no. 3
A Managing Editor Looks Back, 1991–2025
Among the New Words
of the Year proceedings were once again colocated with the Linguistic Society of America annual meeting.On January 5, 2024, in New York, Ben Zimmer, chair of the New Words Committee, and Kelly Wright, data czar of the New Words Committee, cohosted over 300 people live at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel to choose last year's Word of the Year.A video of these proceedings is available on the American Dialect Society's YouTube channel (https://www.yo…
From the Desks of the Editors
Among the New Words
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