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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300106998

ISBN-139780300106992

eBay Product ID (ePID)44408569

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLost for Words : the Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary

SubjectLexicography, General

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

AuthorLynda Mugglestone

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, History

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight18.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-029344

ReviewsErudite, thoroughly annotated, and thrilling for scholars, academics, and wordsmiths. . . . a worthy addition to any university, public, or personal library., ï¿½Erudite, thoroughly annotated, and thrilling for scholars, academics, and wordsmiths. . . . a worthy addition to any university, public, or personal library.ï¿½, "TheOEDwas one of the great creative enterprises of Victorian England. It is a real tour-de-force to make the words in the dictionary tell their own story." -Nicolas Barker, "The OED was one of the great creative enterprises of Victorian England. It is a real tour-de-force to make the words in the dictionary tell their own story." -Nicolas Barker, Erudite, thoroughly annotated, and thrilling for scholars, academics, and wordsmiths. . . . a worthy addition to any university, public, or personal library., Erudite, thoroughly annotated, andthrilling for scholars, academics, and wordsmiths. . . . a worthy addition to any university, public, or personal library., "The "OED" was one of the great creative enterprises of Victorian England. It is a real tour-de-force to make the words in the dictionary tell their own story." --Nicolas Barker, "The "OED was one of the great creative enterprises of Victorian England. It is a real tour-de-force to make the words in the dictionary tell their own story." --Nicolas Barker, "The OED was one of the great creative enterprises of Victorian England. It is a real tour-de-force to make the words in the dictionary tell their own story." --Nicolas Barker

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal423

SynopsisThe untold story of the complex word battles fought by the creators of the first Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) holds a cherished position in English literary culture. The story behind the creation of what is indisputably the greatest dictionary in the language has become a popular fascination. This book looks at the history of the great first edition of 1928, and at the men (and occasionally women) who distilled words and usages from centuries of English writing and "through an act of intellectual alchemy captured the spirit of a civilization." The task of the dictionary was to bear full and impartial witness to the language it recorded. But behind the immaculate typography of the finished text, the proofs tell a very different story. This vast archive, unexamined until now, reveals the arguments and controversies over meanings, definitions, and pronunciation, and which words and senses were acceptable--and which were not. Lost for Words examinesthe hidden history by which the great dictionary came into being, tracing--through letters and archives--the personal battles involved in charting a constantly changing language. Then as now, lexicographers reveal themselves vulnerable to the prejudices of their own linguistic preferences and to the influence of contemporary social history., The untold story of the complex word battles fought by the creators of the first Oxford English Dictionary., The "Oxford English Dictionary (""OED) "holds a cherished position in English literary culture. The story behind the creation of what is indisputably the greatest dictionary in the language has become a popular fascination. This book looks at the history of the great first edition of 1928, and at the men (and occasionally women) who distilled words and usages from centuries of English writing and "through an act of intellectual alchemy captured the spirit of a civilization." The task of the dictionary was to bear full and impartial witness to the language it recorded. But behind the immaculate typography of the finished text, the proofs tell a very different story. This vast archive, unexamined until now, reveals the arguments and controversies over meanings, definitions, and pronunciation, and which words and senses were acceptable--and which were not. "Lost for Words "examines" "the hidden history by which the great dictionary came into being, tracing--through letters and archives--the personal battles involved in charting a constantly changing language. Then as now, lexicographers reveal themselves vulnerable to the prejudices of their own linguistic preferences and to the influence of contemporary social history., The untold story of the complex word battles fought by the creators of the first "Oxford English Dictionary.", The untold story of the complex word battles fought by the creators of the first Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) holds a cherished position in English literary culture. The story behind the creation of what is indisputably the greatest dictionary in the language has become a popular fascination. This book looks at the history of the great first edition of 1928, and at the men (and occasionally women) who distilled words and usages from centuries of English writing and "through an act of intellectual alchemy captured the spirit of a civilization." The task of the dictionary was to bear full and impartial witness to the language it recorded. But behind the immaculate typography of the finished text, the proofs tell a very different story. This vast archive, unexamined until now, reveals the arguments and controversies over meanings, definitions, and pronunciation, and which words and senses were acceptable--and which were not. Lost for Words examines the hidden history by which the great dictionary came into being, tracing--through letters and archives--the personal battles involved in charting a constantly changing language. Then as now, lexicographers reveal themselves vulnerable to the prejudices of their own linguistic preferences and to the influence of contemporary social history.

LC Classification NumberPE1617.O94M84 2005