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LEADER: 01649cam a22003617i 4500
001 2012015672
003 DLC
005 20130810074806.0
008 120420s2013 enkado b 001 0deng
010 $a 2012015672
020 $a9781107021839 (hardback)
020 $a9781107605695 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPE1617.O94$bO44 2013
082 00 $a423.09$223
084 $aLAN009000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aOgilvie, Sarah.
245 10 $aWords of the world :$ba global history of the Oxford English dictionary /$cSarah Ogilvie.
260 $aCambridge :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $axvii, 241 pages :$billustraions (some colours) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-232) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Entering the OED; 2. A global dictionary from the beginning; 3. James Murray and words of the world; 4. James Murray and the Stanford Dictionary controversy; 5. William Craigie, Charles Onions, and the mysterious case of the vanishing tramlines; 6. Robert Burchfield and words of the world in the OED Supplements; 7. Conclusion.
630 00 $aOxford English dictionary.
650 0 $aEncyclopedias and dictionaries$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zForeign countries
650 0 $aEnglish language$xForeign words and phrases.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xLexicography.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xEtymology.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.$2bisacsh