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Word By Word The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Kory Stamper
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"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.

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Rodzaj (nośnik) / Type of product książka / book
Dział / Department Książki i czasopisma / Books and periodicals
Autor / Author Kory Stamper
Tytuł / Title Word By Word The Secret Life of Dictionaries
Język / Language angielski
Wydawca / Publisher Vintage
Rok wydania / Published in year 2018
Rodzaj oprawy / Binding type Miękka
Wymiary / Size 13.0x20.5
Liczba stron / Number of pages 336
Ciężar / Weight 0.24 kg
   
ISBN 9781101970263 (9781101970263)
EAN/UPC 9781101970263
Stan produktu / Condition nowy / new - sprzedajemy wyłącznie nowe nieużywane produkty

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