Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Stamper, Kory

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

"We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think...
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Author: Kory Stamper
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Language: English
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Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Stamper, Kory

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

$44.78

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

$44.78
Author: Kory Stamper
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we don't want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets."

With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage.

Filled with fun facts--for example, the first documented usage of "OMG" was in a letter to Winston Churchill--and Stamper's own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became America's foremost "irregardless" apologist, despite loathing the word), Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.

Author: Kory Stamper
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/06/2018
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781101970263

About the Author
Kory Stamper is a lexicographer who spent almost two decades writing dictionaries at Merriam-Webster. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and The Washington Post, and she blogs regularly on language and lexicography at www.korystamper.com.

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