Glossary (Part 3)

Question 1

corpus

Answer 1

A collection of written and spoken language used in linguistic study and lexicography

Question 2

CRC

Answer 2

See ‘camera-ready copy’

Question 3

credit line

Answer 3

Brief statement of the source of an illustration, often places at the end of the legend

Question 4

cross-reference

Answer 4

Phrase that mentions another part of the document or text

Question 5

CSE style

Answer 5

Editorial preferences specified in ‘Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for AUthors, Editors, and Publishers.’ Called CBE style until 2000

Question 6

CT

Answer 6

Standard coding for a chapter title

Question 7

Cupertino

Answer 7

An erroneous auto-correction on an electronic device. So named after the tendency of an early spell-checker to miscorrect the unhyphenated spelling of ‘cooperation of Cupertino’

Question 8

curly brackets

Answer 8

See ‘braces’

Question 9

curly quotes

Answer 9

See ‘smart quotes’

Question 10

cut-in head

Answer 10

Head that cuts across the columns of a table

Question 11

dagger

Answer 11

Name for the cross characters

Question 12

dead copy

Answer 12

In the production process, a superseded version of copy; manuscript that has been typeset and proofread

Question 13

decked heads

Answer 13

Pair of heads in a table consisting of a spanner atop two or more single-column heads

Question 14

descriptivist

Answer 14

Somewhat misleading term applied to language expert who seeks to document how language is used without prescribing “correct” usage or make value judgments about usage

Question 15

designer

Answer 15

Person responsible for the physical appearance of a book or document, including the typography, layout, and style of the art

Question 16

developmental editing

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Editing to develop an idea or proposal into a publishable manuscript, restructure a draft, identify gaps in subject coverage, devise strategies for more effective communication of the content, and creat feature to enhance the final product and make it more competitive in the marketpkace

Question 17

diacritic

Answer 17

Mark that changes the phonetic value of an alphabetical character. Common diacritic marks include the acute accent, cedilla, circumflex, grave accent, tilde, and umlaut or diaeresis

Question 18

diaeresis

Answer 18

Mark resembling an umlaut but having a different function: it is placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is pronounced. Omitted in many English named and words except in the pages of the ‘New Yorker’

Question 19

diction

Answer 19

Choice of words and phrases

Question 20

dingbat

Answer 20

Ornamental character in typography

Question 21

display type

Answer 21

Large, sometimes ornamented or otherwise distinctive type, used to set off, or display, part titles, chapter titles, headings, and the like

Question 22

displayed equation

Answer 22

Mathematical expression set on its own line

Question 23

displayed list

Answer 23

See ‘vertical list’

Question 24

DOI

Answer 24

[Digital Object Identifier] Permanent, unique alphanumeric identifier assigned to an online document by the International DOI Foundation and the document’s publisher

Question 25

dot leaders

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Row of periods between horizontal entries in a table or list; for example: Annual turnover…………………93.4%

Question 26

double dagger

Answer 26

Name of the double cross character

Question 27

double numeration

Answer 27

Use of two numerals in the numbering of pages, figures, tables, or other materials. (Ex: 1.1, 1.2, etc)

Question 28

down style

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Sparse use of capitalization, a style generally favored in book publishing and exemplified in CMoS

Question 29

editorial coordinator

Answer 29

Person who supervises an in-house copyeditor or who assigns work to a freelance copyeditor

Question 30

editorial style

Answer 30

THe sum or editorial decisions ensuring consistency in matters or spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, punctuation, treatment of numbers and numerals, treatment of quotations, use of abbreviations, use of italics and bold type, treatment of special element s, and format of footnotes or endnotes and other documentation

Question 31

EFL

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[English as a Foreign Language] The term for nonnative use of English in countries where it is not the native language

Question 32

eggcorn

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The erroneous transformation of a stock expression into a new one, often based on an incorrect assumption about the etymology of the original

Question 33

electronic manuscript (EMS) editing

Answer 33

See ‘on-screen editing’

Question 34

elegant variation

Answer 34

Misguided stylistic refinement in which a writer substitutes different synonyms simply to avoid repeating a word

Question 35

element

Answer 35

Specially configures feature of a manuscript other than regular running text: a part or chapter number, title, or subtitle; a heading or subheading; a list, extract, or displayed equation; a table number, title, source line, or footnote; a figure number or figure caption

Question 36

ellipsis

Answer 36

Name of the . . . character

Question 37

em

Answer 37

Typesetting measurement whose value depends on the size of the type: in 10-point type, an em space is 10 points wide

Question 38

em

Answer 38

Name of the — character. in manuscripts the em dash is sometimes typed as –