The meaning of everything, the story of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
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Subject
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- Woordenboeken
- Biography
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries + History and criticism
- Oxford English dictionary (anoniem)
- English language + Lexicography + History -- 19th century
- Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
- The Oxford English dictionary
- Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- History
- Englisch
- Oxford English dictionary
- English language + Lexicography
- Englisch
- Great Britain
- 1800-1899
- Lexicographers
- Lexikografie
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Geschichte
- Anglais (Langue) + Lexicographie + Histoire
- Coleridge, Herbert, 1830-1861
- Murray, James A. H., James Augustus Henry, 1837-1915
- Geschichte
- Engels
- English language + Etymology
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The meaning of everything, the story of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsportraits
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The meaning of everything
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
52830480
Responsibility statement
Simon Winchester
Sub title
the story of the Oxford English dictionary
Summary
Traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion, describes the process of creating a dictionary, and includes anecdotes about its creators and their work
Table of contents
Taking the measure of it all -- The construction of the pigeon-holes -- The general officer commanding -- Battling with the undertow -- Pushing through the untrodden forest -- So heavily goes the chariot -- The hermit and the murderer--and Hereward Thimbleby Price -- From take to turn-down--and then, triumphal valediction
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