Word by Word The Secret Life of Dictionaries[ Kory Stamper ]

＜p＞＜em＞“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 exactly where we don’t want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets.”＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Filled with fun factsーfor example, the first documented usage of “OMG” was in a letter to Winston Churchillーand Stamper’s own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became America’s foremost “irregardless” apologist, despite loathing the word), ＜em＞Word by Word＜/em＞ is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。