text Word by word : the secret life of dictionaries
- Summary
- "Brimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made - a must read for word mavens. Have you ever tried to define the word "is?" Do you have strong feelings about the word (and, yes, it is a word)... Read more
- Contents
- Hrafnkell: on falling in love -- But: on grammar -- It's: on "grammar" -- Irregardless: on wrong words -- Corpus: on collecting the bones -- Surfboard: on defining -- Pragmatic: on examples -- Take: on small words -- Bitch: on bad words -- Posh: o... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xiii, 296 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books 2017
| Library | Location | Status |
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| East Bay Branch Library | 410 STA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Fife Lake Public Library | 410 STA in Adult | Available |
| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 410 STA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-EBB | 410 STA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| TADL-FLPL | 410 STA in Adult | Available |
| TADL-WOOD | 410 STA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |