The dictionary people
the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary
Book - 2023
For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2023.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The dictionary people : |b the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary / |c Sarah Ogilvie. |
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| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2023. | |
| 300 | |a x, 370 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd, London, in 2023"--Title page verso. | ||
| 520 | |a For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Discovering the dictionary people -- A for archaeologist -- B for best contributor -- C for cannibal -- D for dictionary word nerds -- E for Europeans -- F for families -- G for glossotypists -- H for hopeless contributors -- I for inventors -- J for junkie -- K for kleptomaniac -- L for lunatics -- M for murderers -- N for New Zealanders -- O for outsiders -- P for pornographer -- Q for queers -- R for rain collectors -- S for suffragists -- T for tramps, the Sunday -- U for USA -- V for vicars (and vegetarians) -- W for women -- X for xenomaniacs (and esperantists) -- Y for Yonge, Charlotte, and other novelists -- Z for zealots. | |
| 630 | 0 | 0 | |a Oxford English dictionary. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Encyclopedias and dictionaries |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a English language |x Lexicography |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a English language |x Etymology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Lexicographers |v Biography. | |
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