
Lexicographer, Writer, Editor, Linguistic Researcher
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Lexicographer, Writer, Editor, Linguistic Researcher
Washington D.C. Metro Area
In the last couple of years I have:
1. Written 1,000 word-of-the-day quizzes for delivery to cellphones
2. Briticized an American pronunciation guide with CD-ROM
3. Americanized a British learners' dictionary of English
4. Written scores of definitions for various dictionaries
5. Updated a rhyming dictionary with 80,000 entries
6. Written an ESL self-study book about American slang
7. Mapped senses in WordNet to collocations in a large English database for a major NLP project
8. Briticized various children's ESL products (dictionary, CD-ROM, workbook)
9. Examined the usage in contexts of 1000s of prepositions for a major research project.
10. Written a monthly column about language for a worldwide audience of English speakers (on VisualThesaurus.com).
Lexicography: Defining words and editing definitions is what I do best and most.
Writing: I can write the content you need to your specifications. I'm the author of four nonfiction titles, and I've also done extensive technical and encyclopedic writing.
Editing: I can copyedit nonfiction of any length quickly and accurately.
Independent evaluations: I'll look over your reference book proposal and give you an expert evaluation on whether it's worth publishing.
lexicography, lexicographical and lexicological research, natural language processing (NLP)
2007: Moritz Thomsen Peace Corps Experience Award for best short description of the Peace Corps experience