'''The Global Language Monitor''' er et firma, der med base i [[Austin (Texas)|Austin]] i [[Texas]] indsamler, dokumenterer, analyserer og følger trends i sprogbrug verden over, særligt i forhold til det engelske sprog. Firmaet er særligt kendt for at udnævne "årets ord",<ref name="washingtonpost.com">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/14/AR2010111403185.html Spillcam, vuvuzela are top words of 2010]</ref> for sine politiske analyser,<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=17. oktober 2008|accessdate=19. oktober 2009}}</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> for at rangliste universiteters popularitet,<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=19. otktober 2009 |archive-date= 5. oktober 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005021338/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=524332 |url-status=dead }}</ref> for at identificere 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=24. april 2005|accessdate=19. oktober 2009|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120713104438/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20050424a1.html%23.T__8Bqgo9Rw|archivedate=13. juli 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/6854 |title=10 Most Confusing High Tech Buzzwords |publisher=Networkworld.com |date= |accessdate=19. oktober 2009 |archive-date= 4. september 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904091412/http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/6854 |url-status=dead }}</ref> og for sine medieanalyser.<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]</ref>
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