Bryan A Garner, Jack Lynch

Gebundenes Buch

Hardly Harmless Drudgery

A 500-Year Pictorial History of the Lexicographic Geniuses, Sciolists, Plagiarists, and Obsessives Who Defined the English Language

Beschreibung

An illustrated history of the dictionary and the many obsessed compilers, charlatans, and geniuses, who made them.

Autor

Bryan A. Garner is an author, lawyer, grammarian, and lexicographer. He has written over 25 books, including standard references such as Garner's Modern English Usage and Legal Writing in Plain English. His friendship with novelist David Foster Wallace resulted in Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace and Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing. He is Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: David R. Godine Publisher
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 193mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1633g
• ISBN-13: 9781567928075
• ISBN-10: 1567928072
• Artikelnr.: 68503450