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Title:
The making of the Oxford English dictionary / Peter Gilliver.
Author:
Gilliver, Peter, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Call Number:
PE1611 .G55 2016
Abstract:
This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199283620

9780198826163
Physical Description:
xvii, 625 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents:
Beginnings: to 1861 -- Furnivall's Dictionary:1861-1875 -- Manoeuvres:1876-1879 -- The road to Ant: 1879-1884 -- The Dictionary Divides: 1884-1887 -- Storm and stress: 1888-1987 -- And then there were four: 1897-1915 -- After twilight:1915-1923 -- Limping over the finishing line: 1923-1933 -- Interregnum: 1933-1957 -- Learning to swim (again): 1957-1972 -- Second Supplement to the Second Edition:1972-1989--Towards OED3:1989.
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