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Author:
Winchester, Simon.
Title:
The meaning of everything : the story of the Oxford English Dictionary. / Simon Winchester.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
xxvii, 260 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Oxford English dictionary.
English language--19th century.--History--19th century.
Lexicographers--Biography.--Biography.
Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915.--Sir,--1837-1915.
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910.--1825-1910.
Coleridge, Herbert, 1830-1861.--1830-1861.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index.
Summary:
"Winchester serves up a lightning history of the English language and pays homage to the great dictionary makers, from "the irredeemable famous" Samuel Johnson to the "short, pale, smug and boastful" schoolmaster from New Hartford, Noah Webster." -- [back cover].
ISBN:
9780195175004 (pbk.)
019517500X (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56607248
LCCN:
2007407222
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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