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Ben Zimmer

January 20, 2023

Benjamin Zimmer (born 1971)[1] is an American linguist, lexicographer, and language commentator. He is a language columnist for The Wall Street Journal and contributing editor for The Atlantic. He was formerly a language columnist for The Boston Globe and The New York Times Magazine, and editor of American dictionaries at Oxford University Press. Zimmer was also an executive editor of Vocabulary.com and VisualThesaurus.com.[2][3][4]

Ben Zimmer
Zimmer in 2017 at a New America talk
Born
Benjamin Zimmer

1971 (age 51–52)
Education
Occupations
SpouseMaria Zimmer
Children1
Parent
RelativesCarl Zimmer (brother)

Career

Zimmer graduated from Yale University in 1992 with a BA in linguistics, and went on to study linguistic anthropology at the University of Chicago.[1] For his research on the languages of Indonesia, he received fellowships from the National Science Foundation,[5] the Fulbright Program,[6] and the Social Science Research Council.[7] He taught at the University of California, Los Angeles; Kenyon College; and Rutgers University.[1]

In 2005, Zimmer was named a research associate at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania and became a regular contributor to Language Log, a group weblog on language and linguistics.[8] He was named editor for American dictionaries at Oxford University Press in 2006,[9] and the next year launched "From A to Zimmer", a weekly lexicography column on the OUP blog.[10]

In 2008, Zimmer was appointed executive producer of the Visual Thesaurus, an interactive reference tool from Thinkmap, Inc.[11] He edits the online content of the Visual Thesaurus and its sister site Vocabulary.com, and writes a regular column on word origins, "Word Routes."[1]

Zimmer's research on word origins was frequently cited by William Safire's "On Language" column for The New York Times Magazine. On March 11, 2010, Magazine editor Gerald Marzorati announced Zimmer's appointment as the new “On Language” columnist, succeeding Safire, the founding and regular columnist until his death in late 2009.[12] Zimmer's last "On Language" column was published on February 27, 2011. In it, Zimmer wrote that the column was "finally coming to a close" and that "it [was] time to bid adieu, after some 1,500 dispatches from the frontiers of language."

On December 18, 2011, The Boston Globe announced that Zimmer would be a regular language columnist for the newspaper's Sunday Ideas section.[13] His Globe column continued until June 28, 2013, when he began a new weekly language column for The Wall Street Journal's Saturday Review section, "Word on the Street."[14]

Zimmer's writing on language has appeared in two blog anthologies: Ultimate Blogs (Vintage, 2008, ISBN 978-0-307-27806-7)[15][16] and Far from the Madding Gerund (William, James, 2006, ISBN 978-1-59028-055-3).[17][18] He has also written for Slate,[19] The New York Times Book Review,[20] The New York Times Sunday Review,[21] and The Atlantic.[22]

Zimmer is the chair of the American Dialect Society's New Words Committee and has served on the society's Executive Council.[23] He is also a member of the Dictionary Society of North America.[24]

The Linguistic Society of America gave Zimmer its first ever Linguistics Journalism Award in 2014.[25] In January 2017, Zimmer was one of the speakers in the LSA's inaugural Public Lectures on Language series.[26]

Personal life

Benjamin lives in Jersey City, New Jersey with his wife Maria and son Blake Zimmer.[27] He is the brother of science writer Carl Zimmer and the son of former New Jersey congressman Dick Zimmer.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Yaccino, Steven (May–June 2011). "Away with words". University of Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ^ Zimmer, Ben. "Ben Zimmer". LinkedIn.
  3. ^ "Ben Zimmer". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  4. ^ "About Ben Zimmer". benzimmer.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  5. ^ "Graduate students lead nation in Fulbright awards". University of Chicago Chronicle. 1997-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  6. ^ "Graduate students receive the most Fulbrights". University of Chicago Chronicle. 1999-06-10. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  7. ^ . Social Science Research Council. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  8. ^ . Language Log. University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  9. ^ Newman, Andrew Adam (2007-11-10). "How Dictionaries Define Publicity: The Word of the Year". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  10. ^ Grathwohl, Casper (2007-06-27). "It's Coming... An A To Zimmer Introduction". OUPblog. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  11. ^ "Editor for American Dictionaries at Oxford joins Visual Thesaurus Team". Thinkmap, Inc. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  12. ^ "The New York Times Magazine Names Ben Zimmer as 'On Language' Columnist". Business Wire. 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  13. ^ Zimmer, Ben (2011-12-18). "What we talked about in 2011". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2011-12-31. This week marks Ben Zimmer's debut as a regular Word columnist for Ideas.
  14. ^ Zimmer, Ben (2013-06-28). "'Cyber' Dons A Uniform". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2013-07-10. His column will appear weekly in this space.
  15. ^ Kamp, David (2008-03-23). "Permalinks". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  16. ^ "Nonfiction Reviews". Publishers Weekly. 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2011-05-23. Benjamin Zimmer's 'Language Log' reads like a wonderfully expansive and more self-aware William Safire column.
  17. ^ (PDF). Far from the Madding Gerund. William, James. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  18. ^ "Table of Contents, Far from the Madding Gerund". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  19. ^ "Articles by Ben Zimmer". Slate. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  20. ^ Zimmer, Ben (2011-07-29). "The Jargon of the Novel, Computed". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  21. ^ Zimmer, Ben (2011-10-29). "Twitterology: A New Science?". The New York Times Sunday Review. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  22. ^ "Articles by Ben Zimmer". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  23. ^ "Media Queries". American Dialect Society. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  24. ^ Marzorati, Gerald (2010-03-21). "On Language With Ben Zimmer". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  25. ^ "WSJ's Ben Zimmer receives first LSA Linguistics Journalism Award". Linguistics Society of America. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  26. ^ LSA Public Lectures on Language Series: http://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-public-lectures-language-series
  27. ^ "About Ben Zimmer". benzimmer.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.

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Benjamin Zimmer born 1971 1 is an American linguist lexicographer and language commentator He is a language columnist for The Wall Street Journal and contributing editor for The Atlantic He was formerly a language columnist for The Boston Globe and The New York Times Magazine and editor of American dictionaries at Oxford University Press Zimmer was also an executive editor of Vocabulary com and VisualThesaurus com 2 3 4 Ben ZimmerZimmer in 2017 at a New America talkBornBenjamin Zimmer1971 age 51 52 EducationYale UniversityUniversity of ChicagoOccupationsLinguistlexicographerSpouseMaria ZimmerChildren1ParentDick Zimmer father RelativesCarl Zimmer brother Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Notes 4 External linksCareer EditZimmer graduated from Yale University in 1992 with a BA in linguistics and went on to study linguistic anthropology at the University of Chicago 1 For his research on the languages of Indonesia he received fellowships from the National Science Foundation 5 the Fulbright Program 6 and the Social Science Research Council 7 He taught at the University of California Los Angeles Kenyon College and Rutgers University 1 In 2005 Zimmer was named a research associate at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania and became a regular contributor to Language Log a group weblog on language and linguistics 8 He was named editor for American dictionaries at Oxford University Press in 2006 9 and the next year launched From A to Zimmer a weekly lexicography column on the OUP blog 10 In 2008 Zimmer was appointed executive producer of the Visual Thesaurus an interactive reference tool from Thinkmap Inc 11 He edits the online content of the Visual Thesaurus and its sister site Vocabulary com and writes a regular column on word origins Word Routes 1 Zimmer s research on word origins was frequently cited by William Safire s On Language column for The New York Times Magazine On March 11 2010 Magazine editor Gerald Marzorati announced Zimmer s appointment as the new On Language columnist succeeding Safire the founding and regular columnist until his death in late 2009 12 Zimmer s last On Language column was published on February 27 2011 In it Zimmer wrote that the column was finally coming to a close and that it was time to bid adieu after some 1 500 dispatches from the frontiers of language On December 18 2011 The Boston Globe announced that Zimmer would be a regular language columnist for the newspaper s Sunday Ideas section 13 His Globe column continued until June 28 2013 when he began a new weekly language column for The Wall Street Journal s Saturday Review section Word on the Street 14 Zimmer s writing on language has appeared in two blog anthologies Ultimate Blogs Vintage 2008 ISBN 978 0 307 27806 7 15 16 and Far from the Madding Gerund William James 2006 ISBN 978 1 59028 055 3 17 18 He has also written for Slate 19 The New York Times Book Review 20 The New York Times Sunday Review 21 and The Atlantic 22 Zimmer is the chair of the American Dialect Society s New Words Committee and has served on the society s Executive Council 23 He is also a member of the Dictionary Society of North America 24 The Linguistic Society of America gave Zimmer its first ever Linguistics Journalism Award in 2014 25 In January 2017 Zimmer was one of the speakers in the LSA s inaugural Public Lectures on Language series 26 Personal life EditBenjamin lives in Jersey City New Jersey with his wife Maria and son Blake Zimmer 27 He is the brother of science writer Carl Zimmer and the son of former New Jersey congressman Dick Zimmer Notes Edit a b c d Yaccino Steven May June 2011 Away with words University of Chicago Magazine Retrieved 2011 05 23 Zimmer Ben Ben Zimmer LinkedIn Ben Zimmer www facebook com Retrieved 2018 09 14 About Ben Zimmer benzimmer com Retrieved 2018 09 14 Graduate students lead nation in Fulbright awards University of Chicago Chronicle 1997 06 12 Retrieved 2008 11 18 Graduate students receive the most Fulbrights University of Chicago Chronicle 1999 06 10 Retrieved 2008 11 18 International Dissertation Research Fellowships 1999 Fellows Social Science Research Council Archived from the original on 2012 06 09 Retrieved 2011 12 31 Author profile Benjamin Zimmer Language Log University of Pennsylvania Archived from the original on 2008 12 17 Retrieved 2008 11 18 Newman Andrew Adam 2007 11 10 How Dictionaries Define Publicity The Word of the Year The New York Times Retrieved 2008 11 18 Grathwohl Casper 2007 06 27 It s Coming An A To Zimmer Introduction OUPblog Oxford University Press Retrieved 2008 11 18 Editor for American Dictionaries at Oxford joins Visual Thesaurus Team Thinkmap Inc 2008 08 21 Retrieved 2008 11 18 The New York Times Magazine Names Ben Zimmer as On Language Columnist Business Wire 2010 03 11 Retrieved 2010 05 02 Zimmer Ben 2011 12 18 What we talked about in 2011 The Boston Globe Retrieved 2011 12 31 This week marks Ben Zimmer s debut as a regular Word columnist for Ideas Zimmer Ben 2013 06 28 Cyber Dons A Uniform The Wall Street Journal Retrieved 2013 07 10 His column will appear weekly in this space Kamp David 2008 03 23 Permalinks The New York Times Book Review Retrieved 2008 11 18 Nonfiction Reviews Publishers Weekly 2007 12 17 Retrieved 2011 05 23 Benjamin Zimmer s Language Log reads like a wonderfully expansive and more self aware William Safire column Introduction PDF Far from the Madding Gerund William James Archived from the original PDF on 2008 07 23 Retrieved 2008 11 18 Table of Contents Far from the Madding Gerund Library of Congress Retrieved 2008 11 18 Articles by Ben Zimmer Slate Retrieved 2011 05 09 Zimmer Ben 2011 07 29 The Jargon of the Novel Computed The New York Times Book Review Retrieved 2011 12 31 Zimmer Ben 2011 10 29 Twitterology A New Science The New York Times Sunday Review Retrieved 2011 12 31 Articles by Ben Zimmer The Atlantic Retrieved 2011 12 31 Media Queries American Dialect Society 15 January 2010 Retrieved 2011 12 31 Marzorati Gerald 2010 03 21 On Language With Ben Zimmer The New York Times Retrieved 2011 05 23 WSJ s Ben Zimmer receives first LSA Linguistics Journalism Award Linguistics Society of America Retrieved 29 October 2014 LSA Public Lectures on Language Series http www linguisticsociety org content lsa public lectures language series About Ben Zimmer benzimmer com Retrieved 2018 09 14 External links EditOfficial website including biography and archive of writings Contributor profile Language Log From A to Zimmer OUPblog Oxford University Press Contributor profile Visual Thesaurus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ben Zimmer amp oldid 1132595603, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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