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Author:

Brewer, Charlotte, 1956-

Title:

Treasure-house of the language : the living OED / Charlotte Brewer.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiv, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Oxford English dictionary.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
English language--Lexicography.
English language--Etymology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-314) and indexes.

Contents:

Press and dictionary in 1928 -- 'Beating the track of the alphabet' : work on the first supplement -- After the OED -- Treasure house of the language : role and function of the OED -- Supplementation or revision? -- Burchfield's supplement (1) : producing a dictionary -- Burchfield's supplement (2) : editorial policies and practice -- The 'New Oxford English dictionary project'.

ISBN:

0300124295 (alk. paper)
9780300124293 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)122261575

LCCN:

2007011034

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)