AuthorOgilvie, Sarah
TitleWords of the world : a global history of the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie
Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Descript xvii, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

CONTENT

Entering the OED -- A global dictionary from the beginning -- James Murray and words of the world -- James Murray and the Stanford Dictionary controversy -- William Craigie, Charles Onions, and the mysterious case of the vanishing tramlines -- Robert Burchfield and words of the world in the OED Supplements


SUBJECT

  1. Oxford English dictionary
  2. Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
  3. English language -- Foreign countries
  4. English language -- Foreign words and phrases
  5. English language -- Lexicography
  6. English language -- Etymology

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