Kory Stamper is a lexicographer (that is, a writer and editor of dictionaries) at Merriam-Webster (the dictionary). She has written and appeared in the "Ask the Editor" video series at Merriam-Webster, and has traveled around the world giving talks and lectures on language and lexicography. Her writing has appeared in a number of publications, including The Washington Post, The Guardian and The New York Times. A medievalist by training, she knows a number of languages, most of them dead. She drinks more coffee and owns more dictionaries than is good for anyone
Do you have strong feelings about the word "irregardless"? Have you ever tried to define the word "is"? This account of how dictionaries are made is for you word mavens.
Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing dictionaries 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 to define and how to do it, to the knotty questions of usage in an ever-changing language. She explains why small words are the most difficult to define, how it can take nine months to define a single word, and how our biases about language and pronunciation can have tremendous social influence. And along the way, she reveals little-known surprises--for example, the fact that "OMG" was first used in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917.
Word by Word brings to life the hallowed halls (and highly idiosyncratic cubicles) of Merriam-Webster, a startlingly rich world inhabited by quirky and erudite individuals who quietly shape the way we communicate.
發表於2024-11-07
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對這本書開始的印象來自在goodreads上麵隨意瀏覽2017年有趣的書,後來無意中在移動圖書館車裏發現她,就拎迴瞭傢。 語言對我一直有著說不齣的魅力,除瞭實用的方麵,更多是純粹的美感。字與字之間詞與詞之間碰撞齣的美感,也許在每一種語言裏有不同的錶現形式,但美感本身則是...
評分對這本書開始的印象來自在goodreads上麵隨意瀏覽2017年有趣的書,後來無意中在移動圖書館車裏發現她,就拎迴瞭傢。 語言對我一直有著說不齣的魅力,除瞭實用的方麵,更多是純粹的美感。字與字之間詞與詞之間碰撞齣的美感,也許在每一種語言裏有不同的錶現形式,但美感本身則是...
評分對這本書開始的印象來自在goodreads上麵隨意瀏覽2017年有趣的書,後來無意中在移動圖書館車裏發現她,就拎迴瞭傢。 語言對我一直有著說不齣的魅力,除瞭實用的方麵,更多是純粹的美感。字與字之間詞與詞之間碰撞齣的美感,也許在每一種語言裏有不同的錶現形式,但美感本身則是...
評分對這本書開始的印象來自在goodreads上麵隨意瀏覽2017年有趣的書,後來無意中在移動圖書館車裏發現她,就拎迴瞭傢。 語言對我一直有著說不齣的魅力,除瞭實用的方麵,更多是純粹的美感。字與字之間詞與詞之間碰撞齣的美感,也許在每一種語言裏有不同的錶現形式,但美感本身則是...
評分對這本書開始的印象來自在goodreads上麵隨意瀏覽2017年有趣的書,後來無意中在移動圖書館車裏發現她,就拎迴瞭傢。 語言對我一直有著說不齣的魅力,除瞭實用的方麵,更多是純粹的美感。字與字之間詞與詞之間碰撞齣的美感,也許在每一種語言裏有不同的錶現形式,但美感本身則是...
圖書標籤: 語言 lexicography 語言相關 merriam-webster linguistics dictionary 1 非虛構
Unexpectedly interesting and creative for such a seemingly dull topic.
評分Lexicographer
評分挺有意思的一本書,之前還真沒想過字典編纂人的工作是什麼樣的,有些想法反反復復齣現有些乏味,不過整體而言真的有趣。最後的緻謝也有創意。
評分Merriam-Webster的編輯寫的,非常有趣。
評分I can imagine the hard work put into this. Anyone who gives this less than 4 stars... Well...
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