Logology (linguistics) explained

Logology (or ludolinguistics) is the field of recreational linguistics, an activity that encompasses a wide variety of word games and wordplay. The term is analogous to the term "recreational mathematics".

Overview

Some of the topics studied in logology are lipograms, acrostics, palindromes, tautonyms, isograms, pangrams, bigrams, trigrams, tetragrams, transdeletion pyramids, and pangrammatic windows.

The term logology was adopted by Dmitri Borgmann to refer to recreational linguistics.^[1]

Notable logologists

• Dmitri Borgmann
• A. Ross Eckler, Jr.
• Willard R. Espy
• Jeremiah Farrell
• Martin Gardner
• Mike Keith
• Douglas Hofstadter
• Lila Maria de Coninck

See also

• Constrained writing
• List of forms of word play
• Oulipo
• Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics

Bibliography

Books

• Book: Bergerson, Howard W. . . Dover Publications . 1973 . New York.
• Book: Bombaugh, C.C. . Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature . 1961 . Dover Publications . New York . registration .
• Book: Borgmann, Dmitri. . 1965. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York.
• Book: Borgmann, Dmitri. . 1967. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York.
• Book: Eckler, A. Ross Jr.. Making the Alphabet Dance: Recreational Wordplay . 1997. St. Martin's Press. New York. 0-312-15580-8.
• Encyclopedia: Johnson. Dale D.. von Hoff Johnson. Bonnie. Schlichting. Kathleen. Baumann. James F.. Kame'enui. Edward J.. Vocabulary Instruction: Research to Practice. Logology: Word and language play. 2004. Guildford Press. 1-57230-933-4.

Periodicals

• . Greenwood Periodicals et al., 1968–. ISSN 0043-7980.
• The Palindromist. Mark Saltveit, 1996–.
• The Enigma. National Puzzlers' League, 1883–.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Farrell. Jeremiah. Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics. 3 July 2011.