How Long to Read Fixing Babel

How Long Does it Take to Read Fixing Babel?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 11 minutes to read Fixing Babel by Rebecca Shapiro

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

We all think we know what a dictionary is for and how to use one, so most of us skip the first pages—the front matter—and go right to the words we wish to look up. Yet dictionary users have not always known how English “works” and my book reproduces and examines for the first time important texts in which seventeenth- and eighteenth-century dictionary authors explain choices and promote ideas to readers, their “end users.” Unlike French, Spanish, and Italian dictionaries compiled during this time and published by national academies, the goal of English dictionaries was usually not to “purify”...

How long is Fixing Babel?

Fixing Babel by Rebecca Shapiro is 656 pages long, and a total of 167,936 words.

This makes it 221% the length of the average book. It also has 205% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fixing Babel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 17 minutes to read Fixing Babel aloud.

What Reading Level is Fixing Babel?

Fixing Babel is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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