Book · by Herman Melville
How many pages is Moby Dick?
Moby Dick by Herman Melville has a median of 507 pages across 541 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 392 to 634 pages.
Median pages
507
541 editions counted
Range
204–909
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
139k
at 275 words per page
How long will Moby Dick take you?
Reading time
8 h 56 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 573 | 14 | 10 h 06 min |
| Paperback | 568 | 43 | 10 h 01 min |
| Mass market | 640 | 4 | 11 h 17 min |
Editions counted
The 541 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 154 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 1,115 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
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| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 486 | OL29746143M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 702 | OL29755345M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 470 | OL29750420M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 708 | OL29745405M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 566 | OL29752423M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 506 | OL29736709M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 318 | OL29750078M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 752 | OL29740830M |
| 2016 | Quarto Publishing Group USA | – | 504 | OL28818471M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 446 | OL29750765M |
| 2016 | Quarto Publishing Group USA | – | 504 | OL28580253M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 386 | OL29737817M |
| 2016 | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. | – | 544 | OL29330165M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 318 | OL29744552M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 582 | OL29732009M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 284 | OL29722617M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 368 | OL29724106M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 632 | OL29724104M |
| 2015 | Xist Publishing | – | 839 | OL29714876M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 582 | OL29734251M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 638 | OL29732010M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 328 | OL29721283M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 436 | OL29731271M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 484 | OL29732105M |
| 2015 | The Perfect Library | – | 440 | OL29720464M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 442 | OL29733986M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 780 | OL29730503M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 654 | OL29731945M |
| 2015 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 568 | OL28563591M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 352 | OL29732006M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 582 | OL29731650M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 438 | OL29725924M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 664 | OL29725914M |
| 2015 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 608 | OL29220533M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 234 | OL29732809M |
| 2015 | Fall River Press | – | 614 | OL30818332M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 360 | OL29698198M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 362 | OL29689937M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 596 | OL29703544M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 342 | OL29711329M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 378 | OL29711566M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 360 | OL29689904M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 474 | OL29702840M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 742 | OL29780361M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 362 | OL29711363M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 746 | OL29272299M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 384 | OL29697825M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 456 | OL29713417M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 742 | OL29779549M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 530 | OL29700216M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 390 | OL29702838M |
| 2014 | First Avenue Editions | – | 716 | OL31020424M |
| 2014 | Maple Press | – | 666 | OL29849690M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 750 | OL29703145M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 742 | OL29779805M |
| 2014 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 592 | OL29693067M |
| 2014 | Wilder Publications, Incorporated | – | 520 | OL29727697M |
| 2013 | Alma Classics | – | 672 | OL29145061M |
| 2013 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 640 | OL28487532M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 272 | OL29696225M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 516 | OL29676622M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 394 | OL29671036M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 272 | OL29669876M |
| 2013 | Wellstone Publishing | – | 550 | OL29731478M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 720 | OL28495433M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 374 | OL29687149M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 718 | OL29671031M |
| 2013 | General Books LLC | – | 204 | OL28534566M |
| 2013 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 608 | OL29147311M |
| 2013 | Standard Publications, Inc. | – | 605 | OL29687783M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 336 | OL29684810M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 272 | OL29681674M |
| 2013 | Murine Publications LLC | – | 684 | OL28530431M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 362 | OL29686889M |
| 2012 | Simon & Brown | – | 488 | OL29675397M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 596 | OL29652964M |
| 2012 | Book Sales, Incorporated | – | 726 | OL28745734M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 688 | OL28478536M |
| 2012 | Start Publishing LLC | – | 681 | OL29667117M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 390 | OL29667801M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 766 | OL29664028M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 418 | OL29653266M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 236 | OL29660206M |
| 2012 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 464 | OL33987523M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 544 | OL29652101M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 418 | OL29647447M |
| 2011 | Ignatius Press | – | 706 | OL24852445M |
| 2011 | Oneworld Classics | – | 651 | OL25324991M |
| 2011 | HarperCollins Publishers | – | 608 | OL29631433M |
| 2011 | Mizzou Publishing - The Mizzou Store | – | 407 | OL29652036M |
| 2011 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 544 | OL29102416M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 418 | OL29607186M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 490 | OL29606837M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 246 | OL29595399M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 302 | OL29591647M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 428 | OL29570384M |
| 2010 | Readable Classics | – | 396 | OL29584760M |
| 2010 | [Publisher not identified] | – | 735 | OL30721306M |
| 2010 | Library of America | – | 660 | OL25995761M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 672 | OL29069839M |
| 2010 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 608 | OL28446841M |
| 2009 | Editorium, The | – | 358 | OL29589992M |
| 2008 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 348 | OL29019821M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 704 | OL29019389M |
| 2008 | Velvet Element | – | 664 | OL29580999M |
| 2008 | Ann Arbor Editions LLC | – | 616 | OL29568621M |
| 2008 | Standard Publications, Inc. | – | 612 | OL29027434M |
| 2008 | Orion Publishing Group, Limited | – | 336 | OL28995257M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 527 | OL23153424M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 704 | OL29019384M |
| 2008 | Read Books | – | 380 | OL28448120M |
| 2008 | Read Books | – | 376 | OL28451008M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 700 | OL11979549M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Paperback | 584 | OL11885812M |
| 2007 | Random House UK | Paperback | 672 | OL9983883M |
| 2007 | Longman Publishing Group | – | 660 | OL7412609M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 600 | OL11678273M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 642 | OL11979548M |
| 2007 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 544 | OL29116323M |
| 2007 | Phoenix Press | Paperback | 336 | OL10823806M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 718 | OL10416535M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 728 | OL10416734M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 716 | OL10370554M |
| 2006 | www.ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 744 | OL8501996M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 716 | OL10416627M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 714 | OL10370503M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 452 | OL8501936M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 396 | OL8501951M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 712 | OL10370495M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 716 | OL10370356M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 476 | OL8501981M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 482 | OL11684185M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 504 | OL11684186M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 716 | OL10370446M |
| 2006 | www.ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 648 | OL8502011M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 540 | OL8501966M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 752 | OL8870214M |
| 2005 | Thomson Wadsworth | – | 498 | OL3314875M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press, LLC | – | 512 | OL28970279M |
| 2004 | arima publishing | – | 388 | OL28968745M |
| 2004 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 492 | OL12372337M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 768 | OL18806877M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 492 | OL8471486M |
| 2003 | Perfection Learning Corporation | – | 452 | OL29741176M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 654 | OL3704476M |
| 2003 | Dover Publications | – | 452 | OL3685847M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 752 | OL8870133M |
| 2002 | Spinner Publications | Hardcover | 224 | OL9449338M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 238 | OL3955543M |
| 2002 | Norton | – | 726 | OL3950410M |
| 2002 | Spinner Publications | Paperback | 224 | OL8385404M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | – | 584 | OL28954853M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | – | 584 | OL28954852M |
| 2001 | Northwestern University Press | – | 573 | OL3950913M |
| 2001 | Penguin (Non-Classics) | – | 672 | OL7360114M |
| 2001 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 592 | OL10502513M |
| 2001 | W. W. Norton | – | 768 | OL7458921M |
| 2001 | Penguin Books | – | 624 | OL3971720M |
| 2000 | iUniverse | – | 228 | OL7545937M |
| 2000 | Amereon Ltd. | – | 846 | OL29558397M |
| 2000 | Modern Library | – | 851 | OL6792108M |
| 2000 | Ann Arbor Editions LLC | – | 592 | OL29572664M |
| 1999 | Oxford University Press | – | 605 | OL3966141M |
| 1999 | Washington Square Press | – | 610 | OL6886399M |
| 1998 | Signet Classic | – | 555 | OL347357M |
| 1998 | Sweetwater Press | – | 822 | OL29691476M |
| 1998 | Penguin Group | – | 555 | OL24518472M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 602 | OL479631M |
| 1998 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 640 | OL11347399M |
| 1997 | B N I Publications Incorporated | – | 807 | OL29690887M |
| 1997 | Cyber Classics, Incorporated | – | 807 | OL29561211M |
| 1997 | Cyber Classics | Paperback | 486 | OL8597377M |
| 1996 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 640 | OL11347415M |
| 1996 | Konemann | Hardcover | 630 | OL9015098M |
| 1996 | Reader's Digest | Hardcover | 495 | OL2065836M |
| 1994 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 651 | OL829769M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 544 | OL8978389M |
| 1993 | Barnes & Noble | Hardcover | 479 | OL8667886M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 483 | OL8978857M |
| 1992 | University Publishing House, Inc. | Library Binding | 564 | OL12109031M |
| 1992 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 822 | OL1743111M |
| 1992 | J.M. Dent | – | 497 | OL1486274M |
| 1992 | Penguin Books | – | 654 | OL1716811M |
| 1991 | Everyman's Library | – | 573 | OL827764M |
| 1991 | Knopf | – | 593 | OL1567479M |
| 1991 | Vintage | Paperback | 660 | OL7699846M |
| 1991 | Vintage Books/Library of America | – | 660 | OL1889059M |
| 1990 | Baronet Books | – | 239 | OL20942217M |
| 1990 | CENGAGE Learning | – | 448 | OL28943759M |
| 1988 | Oxford University Press | – | 602 | OL2390979M |
| 1986 | Crescent | Hardcover | 582 | OL7703063M |
| 1985 | Chancellor | – | 582 | OL22811277M |
| 1985 | Franklin Library | – | 522 | OL2443352M |
| 1985 | Avenel Books | – | 582 | OL2776552M |
| 1985 | Macmillan | – | 730 | OL16262375M |
| 1984 | Franklin Library | – | 526 | OL2570859M |
| 1983 | University of California Press | – | 576 | OL15191567M |
| 1982 | Modern Library | – | 822 | OL7461737M |
| 1981 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 670 | OL7820445M |
| 1981 | University of California Press | Hardcover | 600 | OL7708766M |
| 1981 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 594 | OL7820269M |
| 1981 | University of California Press | – | 576 | OL3783949M |
| 1980 | Franklin Library | – | 630 | OL4134481M |
| 1980 | Paperback | 398 | OL7666727M | |
| 1979 | Arion Press | – | 576 | OL3139167M |
| 1976 | Norton | – | 585 | OL5197560M |
| 1975 | Dent | – | 501 | OL23317527M |
| 1975 | Artist's Limited Edition | – | 272 | OL5188024M |
| 1974 | Franklin Library | – | 522 | OL4928599M |
| 1972 | Dutton Adult | – | 528 | OL7591974M |
| 1970 | International Collectors Library | – | 502 | OL43743195M |
| 1970 | Amsco Scool Publications | – | 506 | OL24956676M |
| 1969 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 403 | OL11072105M |
| 1969 | Franklin Watts | – | 817 | OL22825558M |
| 1968 | F. Watts | – | 817 | OL5597558M |
| 1967 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 728 | OL24957570M |
| 1967 | Norton | – | 727 | OL22474917M |
| 1967 | W. W. Norton | – | 728 | OL15065322M |
| 1967 | W. W. Norton | – | 728 | OL20933580M |
| 1967 | Norton | – | 728 | OL21614123M |
| 1967 | W. W. Norton | – | 728 | OL5982193M |
| 1966 | Washington Square Press | – | 434 | OL32062379M |
| 1966 | Harper and Row | – | 516 | OL5976546M |
| 1966 | Oxford University Press | – | 582 | OL13537241M |
| 1964 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 730 | OL14139631M |
| 1964 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 730 | OL21614110M |
| 1964 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 730 | OL16510204M |
| 1964 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 730 | OL18119521M |
| 1964 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 730 | OL17183855M |
| 1962 | Collier Books | – | 576 | OL5852054M |
| 1962 | Hendricks House | – | 857 | OL14456100M |
| 1962 | Hendricks House | – | 851 | OL20567378M |
| 1962 | Hendricks House | – | 857 | OL21614106M |
| 1962 | Hendricks House | Hardcover | 909 | OL8088177M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 621 | OL5856605M |
| 1962 | Hendricks House | – | 857 | OL14673506M |
| 1961 | Laidlaw Bros. | – | 299 | OL6086576M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 544 | OL5817385M |
| 1960 | Rinehart | – | 566 | OL26690567M |
| 1958 | Oxford University Press | – | 582 | OL16217824M |
| 1957 | International Thomson Publishing | – | 599 | OL7270668M |
| 1957 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 566 | OL26528979M |
| 1956 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 431 | OL14913354M |
| 1956 | Heritage Press | – | 615 | OL6203652M |
| 1956 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 431 | OL20350797M |
| 1956 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 431 | OL6203678M |
| 1955 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 420 | OL21142783M |
| 1955 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 420 | OL6178257M |
| 1955 | Signet Classics | – | 544 | OL7577146M |
| 1954 | Dent | – | 497 | OL16217814M |
| 1952 | Encyclopædia Britannica | – | 420 | OL16608705M |
| 1952 | Hendricks House | – | 851 | OL16217804M |
| 1952 | Hendricks House | – | 851 | OL16520459M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 419 | OL13692112M |
| 1952 | Hendricks House | – | 857 | OL17764584M |
| 1952 | Hendricks House | – | 857 | OL18058125M |
| 1952 | Oxford University Press | – | 582 | OL20061658M |
| 1952 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | – | 420 | OL22231246M |
| 1952 | Macdonald | – | 597 | OL18757022M |
| 1950 | Harper | – | 633 | OL6068163M |
| 1950 | Dutton | – | 664 | OL6085044M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 565 | OL6072396M |
| 1950 | Globe Book Co. | – | 218 | OL6069812M |
| 1949 | J. C. Winston | – | 417 | OL6049566M |
| 1949 | Winston Co | – | 417 | OL22200089M |
| 1947 | Oxford University Press | – | 532 | OL6514008M |
| 1947 | Oxford University Press | – | 352 | OL28402953M |
| 1947 | Oxford University Press | – | 532 | OL18611175M |
| 1943 | The Heritage Press | – | 615 | OL43771875M |
| 1943 | Heritage | – | 615 | OL23233383M |
| 1942 | The L. W. Singer Company | – | 324 | OL6431756M |
| 1937 | Garden City Pub. Co. | – | 822 | OL22131970M |
| 1936 | Spencer Press | – | 462 | OL24607246M |
| 1934 | Dodd, Mead | – | 540 | OL16355660M |
| 1933 | J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. | – | 504 | OL6347313M |
| 1933 | A. & C. Boni, inc. | – | 507 | OL17781404M |
| 1931 | John C. Winston | – | 414 | OL6761177M |
| 1930 | The Lakeside press | – | 284 | OL6750422M |
| 1930 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 746 | OL29791526M |
| 1930 | Random House | Hardcover, illustrated cover | 822 | OL6750587M |
| 1929 | M. Kennerley | – | 633 | OL5230493M |
| 1928 | Ginn and company | – | 474 | OL6722565M |
| 1928 | Allyn and Bacon | – | 493 | OL6715016M |
| 1926 | The Modern library | paper back maybe leather | 565 | OL6691925M |
| 1926 | A. A. Knopf | – | 360 | OL6708988M |
| 1925 | A. & C. Boni | – | 507 | OL6693149M |
| 1925 | Oxford University Press | – | 675 | OL22745866M |
| 1925 | Macmillan | – | 432 | OL26551181M |
| 1923 | Jonathan Cape | – | 545 | OL19319962M |
| 1922 | Dodd, Mead and company | – | 539 | OL26381790M |
| 1921 | Humphrey Milford | – | 675 | OL6642455M |
| 1920 | Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press | – | 675 | OL15375671M |
| 1920 | Oxford University Press | – | 582 | OL22256930M |
| 1900 | Library Publications | – | 633 | OL22771810M |
| 1900 | International Collectors Library | – | 502 | OL17768191M |
| 1892 | United States Book Company | – | 545 | OL6987096M |
| 1851 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 368 | OL29716630M |
| 1851 | Harper and Brothers | – | 634 | OL17955295M |
| 1851 | Harper & Brothers | – | 634 | OL6984724M |
| 1851 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 478 | OL29772130M |
Questions
- How many pages is Moby Dick?
- About 507 pages: that is the median of 541 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 204 to 909 pages.
- How long does it take to read Moby Dick?
- About 8 h 56 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
- How many words is Moby Dick?
- Roughly 139,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).