This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing extensively on archival and other sources, it traces the conception of the idea of the Dictionary in the 1850s right up to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond.
This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing extensively on archival and other sources, it traces the conception of the idea of the Dictionary in the 1850s right up to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond.
Peter Gilliver has been an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary since 1987, and is now one of the Dictionary's most experienced lexicographers; he has also contributed to several other dictionaries published by OUP. In addition to his lexicographical work, he has been writing and speaking about the history of the OED for over fifteen years.
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Preface Acknowledgements List of illustrations List of capsules 1: Beginnings: to 1861 2: Furnivall's Dictionary: 1861-1875 Interlude. The work of Furnivall's sub-editors 3: Manoeuvres: 1876-1879 4: The road to Ant: 1879-1884 5: The Dictionary divides: 1884-1887 6: Storm and stress: 1888-1897 Interlude. Method: From quotation slip to published entry 7: And then there were four: 1987-1915 8: After twilight: 1915-1923 9: Limping over the finishing line: 1923-1933 10: Interregnum: 1933-1957 11: Learning to swim (again): 1957-1972 12: Second Supplement to Second Edition: 1972-1989 13: Towards OED3: 1989- Guide to abbreviations and sources Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgements List of illustrations List of capsules 1: Beginnings: to 1861 2: Furnivall's Dictionary: 1861-1875 Interlude. The work of Furnivall's sub-editors 3: Manoeuvres: 1876-1879 4: The road to Ant: 1879-1884 5: The Dictionary divides: 1884-1887 6: Storm and stress: 1888-1897 Interlude. Method: From quotation slip to published entry 7: And then there were four: 1987-1915 8: After twilight: 1915-1923 9: Limping over the finishing line: 1923-1933 10: Interregnum: 1933-1957 11: Learning to swim (again): 1957-1972 12: Second Supplement to Second Edition: 1972-1989 13: Towards OED3: 1989- Guide to abbreviations and sources Bibliography Index
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