圖書標籤: 語言 lexicography 語言相關 merriam-webster linguistics dictionary 1 非虛構
发表于2024-12-23
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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.
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
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。
評分作者的聲音真的很flat,聽著不太舒服。瞭解到瞭一些詞典編纂工作者的故事。很可惜網絡電子詞典使得很多傳統詞典工作者失業瞭。可是,很多網絡詞典根本是抄襲瞭前人的成果,而且極不負責嘛。。。
評分Unexpectedly interesting and creative for such a seemingly dull topic.
評分非常幽默,讀完也長瞭很多知識
評分小時候傢裏書少,經常翻新華字典,帶給我不少樂趣。大學時,在沒買電腦之前,我也愛翻詞典,認識瞭不少好玩兒的單詞。現在讀瞭韋氏詞典編纂人的書,纔發現這份理想工作也很枯燥,也很有樂趣,又勾起我童年時翻字典的迴憶。
对这本书开始的印象来自在goodreads上面随意浏览2017年有趣的书,后来无意中在移动图书馆车里发现她,就拎回了家。 语言对我一直有着说不出的魅力,除了实用的方面,更多是纯粹的美感。字与字之间词与词之间碰撞出的美感,也许在每一种语言里有不同的表现形式,但美感本身则是...
評分对这本书开始的印象来自在goodreads上面随意浏览2017年有趣的书,后来无意中在移动图书馆车里发现她,就拎回了家。 语言对我一直有着说不出的魅力,除了实用的方面,更多是纯粹的美感。字与字之间词与词之间碰撞出的美感,也许在每一种语言里有不同的表现形式,但美感本身则是...
評分对这本书开始的印象来自在goodreads上面随意浏览2017年有趣的书,后来无意中在移动图书馆车里发现她,就拎回了家。 语言对我一直有着说不出的魅力,除了实用的方面,更多是纯粹的美感。字与字之间词与词之间碰撞出的美感,也许在每一种语言里有不同的表现形式,但美感本身则是...
評分对这本书开始的印象来自在goodreads上面随意浏览2017年有趣的书,后来无意中在移动图书馆车里发现她,就拎回了家。 语言对我一直有着说不出的魅力,除了实用的方面,更多是纯粹的美感。字与字之间词与词之间碰撞出的美感,也许在每一种语言里有不同的表现形式,但美感本身则是...
評分对这本书开始的印象来自在goodreads上面随意浏览2017年有趣的书,后来无意中在移动图书馆车里发现她,就拎回了家。 语言对我一直有着说不出的魅力,除了实用的方面,更多是纯粹的美感。字与字之间词与词之间碰撞出的美感,也许在每一种语言里有不同的表现形式,但美感本身则是...
Word by Word pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024