Word by Word

Word by Word

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  • Author: Kory Stamper
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • ISBN: 110197026X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 322

“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we don’t want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets.” With 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—for example, the first documented usage of “OMG” was in a letter to Winston Churchill—and Stamper’s own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became America’s foremost “irregardless” apologist, despite loathing the word), Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.


The Word Book

The Word Book

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  • ISBN: 9781578617388
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 348


Word by Word Picture Dictionary

Word by Word Picture Dictionary

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  • Author: Steven J. Molinsky
  • Publisher: LONGMAN
  • ISBN: 9780132782357
  • Category : English language
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

The Word by Word Vocabulary Development Program presents vocabulary through full-color illustrations and an outstanding array of support materials. The unique conversational approach of the Word by Word Picture Dictionary gives students communication practice with every word and provides the key vocabulary students need to know in a wide range of relevant topics and situations.feature the translations printed next to the English words for both in-class and self-study use. Available in Chinese, Haitian Kreyol, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.


One Word for Kids

One Word for Kids

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  • Author: Jon Gordon
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1119430313
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 54

From the authors who created the One Word movement, impacting schools, businesses, and sports teams around the world, comes a charming fable that can be read and shared by everyone. If you could choose only one word to help you have your best year ever, what would it be? Love? Fun? Believe? Brave? It’s prob­ably different for everyone. How you find your word is just as important as the word itself. And once you know your word, what do you do with it? In One Word for Kids, bestselling author Jon Gordon—along with coauthors Dan Britton and Jimmy Page—asks these questions to children and adults of all ages, teaching an important life lesson in the process. This engaging, fully illustrated fable follows Stevie, a young boy falling asleep on the first day of school. His teacher gives the class an assignment: to find the one word that will help them have their best year ever. To discover their one word, they must look inside themselves, look up, and look out. At home, Stevie is upset be­cause he can’t find his word. After his dad offers some helpful advice, Stevie excitedly begins the quest for his word. His search helps him discover a lot about himself, what he loves, and what is important to him. An easy read with a powerful message, One Word for Kids appeals to readers of all ages and is an ideal entry point into discussing a valuable lesson in a fun and engaging way.


Once Upon a Word

Once Upon a Word

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  • Author: Jess Zafarris
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
  • ISBN: 1646112601
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 252

Where do words come from?—Teaching kids ages 9 to 12 vocabulary through word origins The English language is made up of words from different places, events, and periods of time. Each of those words has an exciting story to tell us about where, when, how, and why they came about. Once Upon a Word is packed with easy-to-understand definitions and awesome word origin stories. With this dictionary for kids, you can understand the history and meaning of English words, improve your vocabulary and spelling, and learn to play with language. Explore how weird words like gnome, fun words like zombie, and common words like caterpillar came to exist. Discover why some words sound funnier than others (like cackle, sizzle, and twang) and why some groups of words start with the same few letters (like hydrate, hydrogen, and fire hydrant). In this dictionary for kids, there's a whole world of English words to uncover! This unique dictionary for kids includes: Roots & branches—Learn about the building blocks that make up words, called roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Kid-friendly definitions—Look up definitions designed for your reading level in this dictionary for kids. Word tidbits—Find out where your favorite food words got their start, from bacon to marshmallow, spaghetti, yogurt, and beyond. See how the English language evolved with this colorful dictionary for kids.


Children’s Writer’s Word Book

Children’s Writer’s Word Book

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  • Author: Alijandra Mogilner
  • Publisher: Writers Digest Books
  • ISBN: 9780898799514
  • Category : Reference
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 372

Gives lists of words introduced at each of seven reading levels, plus a thesaurus, advice, tips, and samples for writers of children's books.


The Word in the World

The Word in the World

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  • Author: Candy Gunther Brown
  • Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
  • ISBN: 9780807855119
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 358

The evangelical publishing community has been growing for more than two hundred years. Candy Gunther Brown explores the roots of this far-flung conglomeration of writers, publishers, and readers, from the founding of the Methodist Book Concern in 1789 to the 1880 publication of the runaway best-seller Ben-Hur.


Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary

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  • Author: John A. Simpson
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780195218893
  • Category : Reference
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.


The Word

The Word

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  • Author: Isaac Mozeson
  • Publisher: SP Books
  • ISBN: 9781561719426
  • Category : Bibles
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 324

This landmark dictionary proves that English words can be traced back to the universal, original language, Biblical Hebrew. Genesis II supports a 'Mother Tongue' thesis, and the Bible also claims that Adam named the animals. This may seem difficult to accept, but then why do the translations of the following animals' names: Skunk, Gopher, Giraffe and Horse actually have corresponding meanings in Biblical Hebrew, such as: Stinker, Digger, Neck and Plower? The book features overwhelming data suggesting that the roots of all human words are universal, and that words have related synonyms and antonyms that must have been intelligently designed (perhaps by the designer of life himself!) The current hypothesis that language evolved from grunting ape-men may seem like the flat earth theory after reading this book. The 22,000 English-Hebrew links provide surprising evidence, and open new worlds of understanding, once we consider that all of these similar words could not be coincidences.


My Special Word

My Special Word

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  • Author: Alison Green Myers
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780999160305
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 32

Join the My Special Word movement and share the positive power of words.