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Book-Specific Resources / Links / Language WIRED STYLE http://www.hotwired.com/hardwired/wiredstyle Advice from the editor of Wired magazine on how to use the new language of the digital age. MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY ON THE NET http://www.m-w.com Wild card searches: if you recall how to spell only the beginning of carabiner (an oblong, hinged metal ring used in climbing), you can enter carab* and choose carabiner from the list of words that begin with carab-. YOURDICTIONARY.COM http://www.yourdictionary.com Links to dictionaries in over 260 languages, glossaries in 60 disciplines and professions, rhyming dictionaries, phrase and quotation dictionaries, thesauri, and more. ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ON THE WEB http://www.thesaurus.com A wonderful site offering hypertextual searches of the famed thesaurus. SYNONYMS DICTIONARY http://vancouver-webpages.com/synonyms.html Type in a word and this online dictionary will find its synonym. WORD CHOICE http://www.bartleby.com/64/3.html This extensive list from the American Heritage Book of English Usage will help you differentiate between commonly confused words such as compose and comprise, blatant and flagrant, and assure and ensure. THE USE OF CLICHÉS http://www.nexus.edu.au/teachstud/dexed/docs/cliche.html The account of an English teacher named Ms. English with an ax to grind who told her students to avoid clichés like the plague, this piece by Graeden Horsell says that sometimes clichés are needed, and that one should never say "never." INCLUSIVE WRITING http://www.colorado.edu/Publications/styleguide/inclusive.html This style guide from the University of Colorado at Boulder offers good examples of how to create inclusive writing. LANGUAGE POLICY WEB SITE AND EMPORIUM http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/home.htm Links to articles and Web sites on many language policy issues, including the English Only movement, bilingual education, Ebonics, endangered languages, and language rights. EBONICS INFORMATION http://www.cal.org/ebonics The Center for Applied Linguistics sponsors this page about African-American vernacular English. It includes many useful links. NONSEXIST LANGUAGE http://www.stetson.edu/artsci/history/nongenderlang.html This essay explores the origins of assigning masculine pronouns in gender-neutral or gender-inclusive situations and offers alternatives. INTERNET ACRONYMS DICTIONARY http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms Lists acronyms commonly used in e-mail, Usenet, real-time discussions, and Web-based bulletin boards, including many acronyms that are used mostly by insiders. If you ever run into AWGTHTGTATA, you'll know where to look it up. This selection of links is based on the work of Nick Carbone, a well-known scholar of online discourse. |
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