A description of the British Library's new Centre for the Book, its present condition and its prospects

The first in a series of three reports on the development and use of electronic language corpora and their impact on dictionaries

JANE BRADBURY, Editor of the ‘Collins COBUILD Guide to Word Formation’, describes how a computer database and concordancing software can help prepare materials for foreign learners of English relating to the ever-creative system of word-formation.

Some features of Australian English that may confuse the unwary foreigner

Frank Palmer's crossword is intended as a cosmopolitan challenge. Prizes will be awarded for the first five correct solutions opened. Solutions should be sent to: F.R. Palmer, ‘Whitethorns’, Roundabout Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham RG11 5AD, England, to arrive before 15 June 1992 (to allow for worldwide distribution). If you do not wish to cut up your copy of ET, a photocopy or other facsimile is acceptable. The prize for April-June is a copy of ‘Cambridge Guide to Literature in English’, ed. Ian Ousby, 1992, paperback, £14.95.

Some reflections on a ‘linguistic moralizer’

A review of the complexities and inconsistencies of Arabic words and names in English texts

CHRISTOPHER UPWARD describes the nature and aims of an organization whose members hope to change the look of many words on this page

A consideration of recent attitudes to teaching the traditional literary canon of English within the cultural tradition of the Western world

The issue of ‘political correctness’ as touched on in Jeff Johnson's article has been fiercely debated over the last two years or so, especially in the United States. Collected here are some highlights from the writings of leading American and British commentators during 1991.

JENS-PETER GREEN comments on Paul Christophersen's article ‘A bilingual Denmark’ in ET27 (Jul 91), considering Christophersen's points about Danish and English in terms of German and English