| Frequency | Quarterly |
|---|---|
| Founder | Laurence Urdang |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Company | Word, Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Chicago |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0162-0932 |
Verbatim: The Language Quarterly was a literary magazine aimed at reporting language and linguistic issues for non-specialist readers. It was established in 1974.[1] These matters are announced in the magazine's advertised slogan: "Language and linguistics for the layperson since 1974".[2] The founding editor was Laurence Urdang and the final editor was Erin McKean. Verbatim was administered from Chicago, with a British office in Chearsley, Buckinghamshire. Until the end of the 1980s, it was distributed in the United States and Canada by the independent publisher Stein & Day.