Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

by Kory Stamper

Book Overview

"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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110187094X
• ISBN13: 9781101870945
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.4"