Word by Word : The Secret Life of Dictionaries Condition:Very Good worst of all

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a collection of his journalism from the Guardian

Edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Word by Word : The Secret Life of Dictionaries Condition:Very Good worst of allBrimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made a must read for word mavens. 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 of lexicography from the agonizing decisions about what and how to define, to the knotty questions of