Speculative Grammarian is the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics.

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Speculative Grammarian

Volume CXCIV, Number 4
July 2025

Speculative Grammarian, Vol CXCIV, No 4

The editors and publishers of Speculative Grammarian are pleased to announce that the Antepenultimate Issue of our esteemed journal is now available. This issue offers many excellent articles, including the slick bars of a fresh track about an up-and-coming rapper’s evening in the club, the revival of previously lost media plumbing the orthographic depths, an extended preview from Panini Press of a spiritual successor to Metaphors We Live By that inverts many of the dimensions of L&J’s foundational metaphorical lens, and a brave recognition that there is such a thing as a stupid question and a practical tool to deal with the unwanted arrival of suchalong with the usual collection of insightful advice, breaking news, limericks, minute.DU mystery.PL stories, book announcements, linguistickish puzzles, advertisements, and more...



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Our Mission

We have recently completed our transition from the real world to online: we have finally finished digitizing the tattered remains of our once glorious Archive, re-publishing each issue on the internet.

Our new mission is two-fold:

First, we will continue to publish the best works of satirical linguistics available anywherein various formats, including online publishing, audio podcasts, micro-blogging, and other social media. We are, of course, looking for submissions for upcoming issues of SpecGram.

Second, we seek to transform other satirical linguistics resources from their current dead-tree format to a more readily disseminated bit-based format. Our most recent project has been the conversion of the anthologies Lingua Pranca and Son of Lingua Pranca.

More To Come

Speculative Grammarian I hope you enjoy your visit with us. We hope you’ll come back again soon. There are always several improvements in the works, and we always appreciate your suggestions and ideas.

Trey Jones
Editor-in-Chief, Speculative Grammarian