Benjamin Zimmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4054831 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Zimmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Zimmer |
| SIGNATURE | ZIMMER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wall Street Journal |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Among the New Words
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…
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…
New Microscopes, New Telescopes
In this wide-ranging discussion, University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Mark Liberman assesses the state of affairs in the field of linguistics and lays out what he sees as the most promising avenues for language-related inquiry. Returning to themes from his 2007 plenary address at the Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, Liberman outlines the “series of unfortunate events” that led to a dwindling appreciation of linguistic ana…
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 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/…
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…
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…
New Microscopes, New Telescopes
In this wide-ranging discussion, University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Mark Liberman assesses the state of affairs in the field of linguistics and lays out what he sees as the most promising avenues for language-related inquiry. Returning to themes from his 2007 plenary address at the Linguistic Society of America annual meeting, Liberman outlines the “series of unfortunate events” that led to a dwindling appreciation of linguistic ana…
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
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…
Among the New Words
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