Sarah Ogilvie

Words of the World

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Produktbeschreibung

Demonstrates that the Oxford English Dictionary is an international product in both its content and its making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781107021839
• ISBN-10: 1107021839
• Artikelnr.: 37465292

Autorenporträt

Sarah Ogilvie is Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Reader in Linguistics at the Australian National University and Chief Editor of Oxford Dictionaries, Australia. Prior to that she was Alice Tong Sze Research Fellow at Cambridge University. She has a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Oxford and worked for many years as an editor on the Oxford English Dictionary in England and the Macquarie and Oxford dictionaries in Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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.

Rezensionen

'Sarah Ogilvie brings a unique conjunction of abilities to this book: deep practical knowledge of [the] OED and its archives, powerful analytical skills, and personal warmth and flair as a storyteller.' John Considine, University of Alberta