Global Language Monitor: Difference between revisions

The '''Global Language Monitor''' ('''GLM''') is an [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]-based company that collectively documents, analyzes and tracks [[Fads and trends|trends]] in [[language]] usage worldwide, with a particular emphasis upon the [[English language]]. It is particularly known for its [[Word of the Year]]<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/14/AR2010111403185.html Spillcam, vuvuzela are top words of 2010]</ref>, political analysis,<ref>{{cite news|last=Kristof |first=Nicholas |url=http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/obama-the-intellectual/?scp=9&sq=global%20language%20monitor&st=cse |title=Obama the Intellectual |publisher=Kristof.blogs.nytimes.com |date=2008-10-17 |accessdate=2009-10-19}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09iht-edkristof.1.17655955.html?_r=1 Nicholas D. Kristof: Obama and the war on brains]</ref> college and university rankings,<ref>{{cite web|author=By ANITA B. HOFSCHNEIDER Contributing Writer |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=524332 |title=Media Fixates on Harvard |publisher=Thecrimson.com |date= |accessdate=2009-10-19}}</ref> High Tech buzzwords,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20050424a1.html |title=Bamboozled By Buzzwords |publisher=Search.japantimes.co.jp |date=2005-04-24 |accessdate=2009-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/6854 |title=10 Most Confusing High Tech Buzzwords |publisher=Networkworld.com |date= |accessdate=2009-10-19}}</ref>and media analytics.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5787256/Michael-Jacksons-death-second-biggest-story-of-century.html Michael Jackson's Death Second Biggest Story of the Century]{{dead link|date=October 2009}}</ref>,