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The Word Detective

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Word Detective

By John Simpson

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About the book

Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition of researching and editing, showing us both the technical lexicography needed to understand a word, and the careful poetry needed to construct its definition. He challenges both the idea that dictionaries are definitive, and the notion that language is falling apart. With a sense of humour, an ability to laugh at bureaucracy and an inclinati...Show more

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9780349141008

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

The Word Detective

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Paperback

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