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Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Name: Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
Author: Kory Stamper
ISBN: 9781101870945

by Kory Stamper

Pages: 296
ISBN: 9781101870945
Published: 2017

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While most of us might take dictionaries for granted, the process of writing them is in fact as lively and dynamic as language itself. With sharp wit and irreverence, Kory Stamper cracks open the complex, obsessive world...

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