The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie [Audiobook] download free by John Simpson
- Listen audiobook: The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie
- Author: John Simpson
- Release date: 2017/8/18
- Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9780349141008
- Rating: 9.44 of 10
- Votes: 266
- Review by: Tucker Hutchens
- Review rating: 9.01 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/27
- Duration: 4H54M4S in 256 kbps (76.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-03
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, MP3, MPC, MPEG4, WMA, FLAC (compression ZIP, TZ, IMG, RAR, AZW3)
- Total pages original book: 384
- Includes a PDF summary of 43 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 31M58S (8.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition of researching and editing, showing us both the technical lexicography needed to understand a word, and the careful poetry needed to construct its definition. He challenges both the idea that dictionaries are definitive, and the notion that language is falling apart. With a sense of humour, an ability to laugh at bureaucracy and an inclination to question the status quo, John Simpson gives life to the colourful characters at the OED and to the English language itself. He splices his stories with entertaining and erudite diversions into the history and origin of words such as 'kangaroo', 'hot-dog' , 'pommie', 'bicycle' , not ignoring those swearwords often classed as 'Anglo-Saxon' ! The book will speak to anyone who uses a dictionary, 'word people' , history lovers, students and parents.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Language: History & General Works, Historical & Comparative Linguistics, Lexicography, Funny Books & Stories, Memoirs
- Download servers: 1fichier, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Torrent, 4Shared. Compressed in ZIP, TZ, IMG, RAR, AZW3
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 9.81 USD
- Dimensions: 133x197x26mm
- Weight: 303g
- Printed by: Abacus
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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