Lexicography and the Oed: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest

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 Making use of much unpublished archive material, the essays brings a wide variety of perspectives to bear upon the OED, and the particular problems posed by the attempt to break new ground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: Lynda Mugglestone
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/17/2002
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.02w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780199251957

About the Author

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 issuesliterary and linguistic, as well as lexicographic.

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