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Author Mugglestone, Lynda.

Title Lost for words : the hidden history of the Oxford English dictionary / Lynda Mugglestone.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
©2005
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PE1617.O94 M84 2005    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxi, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-266) and index.
Contents The ideal dictionary -- Palimpsests -- Lost words -- Science and the principles of selection -- 'I am not the editor of the English language' -- Ended but not complete -- Into the future.
Subject Oxford English dictionary.
Oxford English dictionary.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
English language -- Lexicography.
English language -- Lexicography.
English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Etymology.
ISBN 0300106998 alkaline paper

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