Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries Condition:Very Good headless corpses heaped in town

headless corpses heaped in town squares

pronunciation

others combine pastoral leadership with “normal” secular work

plain Jane Seymour

What does it mean to be transported by a narrative―to create a world inside one's head

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries Condition:Very Good headless corpses heaped in townWith 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. Filled with fun facts and Stampers own stories from the linguistic front lines, Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.