Results for keyword: dictionaries
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The dictionary reader
What kind of person spends the whole summer stuck inside a cabin reading the dictionary?
by Ana Maria Spagna, Aug 20, 2009 -
A geography of the imagination
In Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape, edited by Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney, 45 diverse writers define unusual geographical terms used across the country.
by Eliza Murphy, Mar 05, 2007 -
She builds new words in an ancient tongue
Reba Teran is painstakingly building an audio dictionary of spoken Shoshone, hoping to save both her language and her culture
by Kerry Brophy, Aug 08, 2005 -
Tongue-tied in the Southwest
Ruben Cobos’ new book, A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish, is an entertaining introduction to the unique Spanish dialect spoken in the Southwest
by Laura Paskus, Feb 16, 2004






