Redefining The Dictionary




KERA's Think show

Summary: <p><span style="color: #22242f; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.1599998474121px;">[2015-01-21 12:00:00]</span> Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged is the go-to source for lexicographers. Now that the company is working on a fourth edition, questions have arisen about what a 21<sup>st</sup> Century dictionary should look like. This hour, we’ll ponder the dictionary of the future with <a href="https://twitter.com/stefanfatsis" target="_blank">Stefan Fatsis</a>, whose recent <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2015/01/merriam_webster_dictionary_what_should_an_online_dictionary_look_like.html" target="_blank">essay on the topic</a> appears on Slate.</p>