- How do dictionaries get written?
- What is it like to be a lexicographer at a major dictionary?
- What word took Kory Stamper the longest to define?
- What word brought her death threats?
- Should dictionaries be descriptive or prescriptive?
- Why don't dictionaries use the international phonetic alphabet?
If these sort of questions interest you, then Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries is your sort of book. Kory Stamper writes well, with humor mixed in with the description of working at a dictionary. I found it fascinating.
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