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Peter Gilliver - The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary - 9780199283620 - V9780199283620
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The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

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Description for The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Hardback. This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing extensively on archival and other sources, it traces the conception of the idea of the Dictionary in the 1850s right up to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; CFB; CFM; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. The author, uniquely among historians of the OED, is also a practising lexicographer with nearly thirty years' experience of working on the Dictionary He has drawn on a wide range of sources-including previously unexamined archival material and eyewitness testimony-to create a detailed history of the project. The book explores the cultural background from which the idea of a comprehensive historical dictionary of English emerged, the lengthy struggles to bring this concept to fruition, and the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1270g
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199283620
SKU
V9780199283620
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About Peter Gilliver
Peter Gilliver has been an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary since 1987, and is now one of the Dictionary's most experienced lexicographers; he has also contributed to several other dictionaries published by OUP. In addition to his lexicographical work, he has been writing and speaking about the history of the OED for over fifteen years.

Reviews for The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Meticulously researched ... groundbreaking ... While it cannot be the last word, it is hard to believe that Gilliver's excellent and careful account of the Dictionary's compilation will ever be superseded
Elizabeth Knowles, Library & Information History
There is much to enjoy in this scholary [sic!] work and the scholarship is lightened by the illustrations, and by the ... Read more

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