A Teach Me How To Dewey production
This Is How We Dewey:
- 400 Language
- 401 Philosophy & theory
- 402 Miscellany
- 403 Dictionaries & encyclopedias
- 404 Special topics
- 405 Serial publications
- 406 Organizations & management
- 407 Education, research, related topics
- 408 With respect to kinds of persons
- 409 Geographical & persons treatment
Gotta admit this up front: I friggin’ love words. As an English major, a writer, a reader—pick the reason. I love them so much that I keep a list of cool words I’ve encountered that I want to remember. (*pushes up glasses*) So I’m embarking on the 400s with great vim and ebullience. Though, curiously, I’ve thus far restrained myself from owning a physical dictionary, mostly because I can’t decide which version I should have. Plus, with the OED and Merriam-Webster adding new words every year, it would soon be out of date. And I gotta have ALL THE WORDS if I have a book of them. (Erin McKean’s TEDTalk on this topic is a great one if you’re interested. And who wouldn’t be?!)
Regardless, I’m pumped—nay, aflutter—to go through this section and see all the lexical gold we will find. Shall we?
The Dew3:
A Little Book of Language
By David Crystal
Dewey: 400
Random Sentence: “The Smiths will be in their clarence.”
The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture From NPR’s “Fresh Air”
By Geoffrey Nunberg
Dewey: 400
Random Sentence: “They don’t hear a lot of resemblances to Angelina Jolie, either.”
The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the World
By Charles Yang
Dewey: 401.93
Random Sentence: “It would have been fun to know what Adam and Eve said to each other in Africa.”
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