The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary
Ogilvie, Sarah2023
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What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create the 'Oxford English Dictionary'. The 'Oxford English Dictionary' has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men; its longest-serving editor, James Murray, devoted 36 years to the project, as far as the letter T. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By the time it was finished in 1928 its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from archaeologists and astronomers to murderers, naturists, novelists, pornographers, queer couples, suffragists, vicars, and vegetarians. Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people's history of the OED.
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London : Chatto & Windus, 2023.London : Chatto & Windus, 2023.
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x, 368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784744939 (hbk)
Dewey class:
423.0922423.09
Language:
English
Subject:
Oxford English dictionaryEncyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticismLexicography -- Great Britain -- Citizen participationEnglish language -- EtymologyLexicographers -- Great Britain -- HistoryLanguageEnglishDictionariesLanguage: history & general worksSemantics, discourse analysis, stylisticsLanguage teaching & learning
BRN:
2820037