Empire of Words: The Reign of the OED
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| Year of Publication |
1994
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| Language |
English
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| Number of Pages |
258 pp.
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| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| City |
Princeton, NJ
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| ISBN |
9780691037196
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| Annotation |
Contents:
Introduction
At Trench's Suggestion, 1858-1878
Murray's Editorship, 1879-1915
Shakespeare's Dictionary
Citing The Shrew
A Victorian Canon - The Authors
A Victorian Canon - The Titles
A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, 1957-1986
Modern Citation
The Second Edition, 1984-1989
The Sense of Omission
A Source of Authority.
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