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The meaning of everything : the story of the Oxford English dictionary
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The meaning of everything : the story of the Oxford English dictionary

Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion, describes the process of creating a dictionary, and includes anecdotes about its creators and their work.
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Named Person: James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir; Frederick James Furnivall; Herbert Coleridge
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 0198607024 9780198607021
OCLC Number: 52830480
Description: xxv, 260 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Responsibility: Simon Winchester.
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Traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion, describes the process of creating a dictionary, and includes anecdotes about its creators and their work.

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