Numbers About Words
Typography & Infographics
Typography & Infographics
The Adventure
To explore how new words get qualified to make it into the English dictionary.
The Course Of Action
After culling key facts from a handful of sources (cited below), the pieces of information were strung together in a big-scale poster, sectioned off by way of fold lines. It utilizes vivid color, large letters, and condensed numerals to convey a bit o' simplicity in a very technical, academic field of study.
The Particulars
4 × 5½ inches (closed)
21¾ × 16½ inches (opened)
Typeset in Rockwell
The Hand Skills
Digital Print (ROUGH PRINT)
To explore how new words get qualified to make it into the English dictionary.
The Course Of Action
After culling key facts from a handful of sources (cited below), the pieces of information were strung together in a big-scale poster, sectioned off by way of fold lines. It utilizes vivid color, large letters, and condensed numerals to convey a bit o' simplicity in a very technical, academic field of study.
The Particulars
4 × 5½ inches (closed)
21¾ × 16½ inches (opened)
Typeset in Rockwell
The Hand Skills
Digital Print (ROUGH PRINT)
Sources:
• Alexa Web Information Company. Web. 12 December 2010. www.alexa.com/siteinfo/urbandictionary.com.
• Baron, Naomi S. Always On. New York: Oxfort University Press, 2008.
• Dent, Susie. Fanboys and Overdogs: The Language Report. New York: Oxfort University Press, 2005.
• Kirsten Malmkjær. The Linguistics Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2002.
• Merriam-Webster. Web. 14 October 2010. http://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq/words_in.htm?&t=1287075162.
• Nadeau, Jean-Benoît and and Julie Barlow. Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French. Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2003.
• Oxford Dictionary. Web. 21 October 2010. http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/426.
• Peralta, Eyder. "Oxford English Dictionary Gives 'Information' The Royal Treatment." National Public Radio. 08 December 2010. Web. 12 December 2010. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/08/131913131/oxford-english-dictionary-gives-information-the-royal-treatment.
• Soukhanov, Anne H., ed. American Heritage Dictionary Of The English Language, The. Third Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996.
• "Descriptivism vs. prescriptivism: War is over (if you want it)". Sentence First. 10 December 2010. Web 16 December 2010. http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/descriptivism-vs-prescriptivism-war-is-over-if-you-want-it.
• Alexa Web Information Company. Web. 12 December 2010. www.alexa.com/siteinfo/urbandictionary.com.
• Baron, Naomi S. Always On. New York: Oxfort University Press, 2008.
• Dent, Susie. Fanboys and Overdogs: The Language Report. New York: Oxfort University Press, 2005.
• Kirsten Malmkjær. The Linguistics Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2002.
• Merriam-Webster. Web. 14 October 2010. http://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq/words_in.htm?&t=1287075162.
• Nadeau, Jean-Benoît and and Julie Barlow. Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French. Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2003.
• Oxford Dictionary. Web. 21 October 2010. http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/426.
• Peralta, Eyder. "Oxford English Dictionary Gives 'Information' The Royal Treatment." National Public Radio. 08 December 2010. Web. 12 December 2010. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/08/131913131/oxford-english-dictionary-gives-information-the-royal-treatment.
• Soukhanov, Anne H., ed. American Heritage Dictionary Of The English Language, The. Third Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996.
• "Descriptivism vs. prescriptivism: War is over (if you want it)". Sentence First. 10 December 2010. Web 16 December 2010. http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/descriptivism-vs-prescriptivism-war-is-over-if-you-want-it.
