Ebook {Epub PDF} Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

 · Word By Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries’ by Kory Stamper. Author and alpha word nerd Kory Stamper. (Photo by Michael Lionstar.).  · Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries. Word by Word.: Kory Stamper. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - Reference - pages. 24 Reviews. “We think of English as a fortress 4/5(23).  · Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper, an associate editor at Merriam-Webster, answers all the questions you might care to ask a bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins.

Throughout, Stamper brings to life the hallowed halls (and highly idiosyncratic cubicles) of Merriam-Webster, a world inhabited by quirky, erudite individuals who quietly shape the way we communicate. A sure delight for all lovers of words, Word by Word might also quietly improve readers' grasp and use of the English language. Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper Lexplorers rating: /10 bltadwin.ru average customer rating: /5 I will happily and proudly admit that I love dictionaries. I have several bookshelves full of. Kory Stamper reveals the secret life of dictionaries in her book "Word by Word," and in a visit to headquarters (oddities in the basement included).

Kory Stamper's book, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, lets me in on all the dirty little secrets of dictionary-making (a lot like making sausages, it turns out). Stamper reminds me of just how much fun people have with language, and how deeply we as readers are delighted when we are surprised by writers/speakers who are having linguistic fun. Near the end of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, Kory Stamper says, “We don’t just want our words to have meaning, we want them to mean something, and the difference is palpable.” In her book, which is both memoir and exposition, Stamper finds the intersection of these two concepts. The lexicographer Kory Stamper of Merriam-Webster, Inc., has written Word by Word, a delightfully profane and often hilarious account of how she and her colleagues work to update their dictionaries, not just the Collegiate but the online Merriam-Webster Unabridged as well (the successor to the old Webster's Third New International Dictionary).