Words of the world a global history of the Oxford English dictionary /
"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.' T...
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Format: | Electrònic eBook |
Idioma: | anglès |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Accés en línia: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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- 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 Burchfield and words of the world in the OED Supplements; 7. Conclusion.