Verbatim (magazine)
Encyclopedia
Verbatim: The Language Quarterly is a literary magazine
aimed at reporting language and linguistic
issues for non-specialist readers. It was established in 1974. These matters are announced in the magazine's advertised slogan: "Language and linguistics for the layperson since 1974".
The editor is Erin McKean
. Verbatim is administered from Chicago
, with a UK office in Chearsley
, Aylesbury Vale
. Until the end of the 1980s, it was distributed in the United States and Canada by the independent publisher Stein & Day.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
aimed at reporting language and linguistic
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
issues for non-specialist readers. It was established in 1974. These matters are announced in the magazine's advertised slogan: "Language and linguistics for the layperson since 1974".
The editor is Erin McKean
Erin McKean
Erin McKean is an American lexicographer. Erin is a founder and the CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik. She was previously the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition....
. Verbatim is administered from Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, with a UK office in Chearsley
Chearsley
Chearsley is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated about seven miles south west of Aylesbury, and about four miles north of Thame, in Oxfordshire....
, Aylesbury Vale
Aylesbury Vale
The Aylesbury Vale is a large area of flat land mostly in Buckinghamshire, England. Its boundary is marked by Milton Keynes to the north, Leighton Buzzard and the Chiltern Hills to the east and south, Thame to the south and Bicester and Brackley to the west.The vale is named after Aylesbury, the...
. Until the end of the 1980s, it was distributed in the United States and Canada by the independent publisher Stein & Day.
External links
- Verbatim — official website (with some back issues up to 2004)
- Table of Contents — list of articles (author and title) by volume and number