Lexicography and the Oed: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest - Paperback
Lexicography and the Oed: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest - Paperback
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by Lynda Mugglestone (Editor)
The Oxford English Dictionary occupies a special place in the history of English, cultural as well as linguistic. This collection sets out to explore the pioneering endeavors in both lexicography and lexicology which led to the making of its first edition. Making use of much unpublished archive material, the essays brings a wide variety of perspectives to bear upon the OED, and the particular problems posed by the attempt to break new ground in its formation.
Author Biography
Lynda Mugglestone is Fellow in English Language and Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford, and News International Lecturer in Language and Communication. She has written widely on nineteenth-century language and associated issues-literary and linguistic, as well as lexicographic.
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