Words of the world : a global history of the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.
Words of the world : a global history of the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.
Words of the world : a global history of the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
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G 2013/604
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English
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pages cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Entering the OED; 2. A global dictionary from the beginning; 3. James Murray and words of the world; 4. James Murray and the Stanford Dictionary controversy; 5. William Craigie, Charles Onions, and the mysterious case of the vanishing tramlines; 6. Robert Burchfie...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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England
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2012.
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"Most people think of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as a distinctly British product. Begun in England one hundred and fifty years ago, it took over sixty years to complete and when it was finally finished in 1928 the British Prime Minister heralded it as a 'national treasure.' This book shows that the dictionary is not as 'British' as we all...
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Words of the world : a global history of the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.
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G 2013/604
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74VvyJgPq5Wy
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ISBN
1107605695 (paperback)
9781107021839 (hardback)
1107021839 (hardback)
9781107605695 (paperback)
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423.09
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991016070389702626
