Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries [Audiobook] download free by Kory Stamper
- Listen audiobook: Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
- Author: Kory Stamper
- Release date: 2018/11/11
- Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE USA INC
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9781101970263
- Rating: 9.92 of 10
- Votes: 707
- Review by: Ameer Myrick
- Review rating: 8.14 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/30
- Duration: 4H18M41S in 256 kbps (67.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-14
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG-4 SLS, OGG, MPEG4, WAV, WMA, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC (compression RAR, ZIP, TBZ2, ARJ)
- Total pages original book: 336
- Includes a PDF summary of 37 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 29M29S (7.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: '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.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Language Teaching & Learning Material & Coursework, Dictionaries & Dictionary Books, ELT Background & Reference Material, Writing & Editing Guides, Memoirs
- Download servers: Send U It, Google Drive, 4Shared, BitShare, Torrent, SendSpace. Compressed in RAR, ZIP, TBZ2, ARJ
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 13.86 USD
- Dimensions: 132x203x17.78mm
- Weight: 226.8g
- Printed by: Vintage Books
- Published in: New York, United States
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