- [bookjacket|
] Title
- The Meaning Of Everything : The Story Of The Oxford English Dictionary
Attribution
Simon WinchesterFormat
BookPublished
2003Availability
[availability|tl34696000244157]Call Number
- 423.09 Win
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From the context of early dictionaries and national projects of the Victorian Era, Simon Winchester leads his narrative through early attempts to create what was then expected to be a four-volume dictionary, the appointment of James Murray as editor, the unusual, never-before-attempted way in which the book was constructed, and the people and processes involved in the definition of thousands of words, to the triumphant publication of the dictionary and its adaptation to the age of technology. summarized from Amazon.com [reviews|asin=]Subject
ISBN
- 0198607024
LCCN
- 2004296741
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