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Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary

by K M Elisabeth Murray

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This unique and celebrated biography describes how a largely self-educated boy from a small village in Scotland entered the world of scholarship and became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, and a lexicographer greater by far than Dr. Johnson. It also provides an absorbing account of how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it, and the endless difficulties which nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned.

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A biography of James Murray, the first editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary". It provides an account of his life, along with how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned.
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ISBN:
9780300089196
Foreword:
Burchfield, R. W.
Author:
Burchfield, R. W.
Foreword by:
Burchfield, Robert W.
Foreword:
Burchfield, Robert W.
Author:
Murray, K. M. Elisabeth
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Subject:
Dictionaries
Subject:
English language
Subject:
Dictionaries - General
Subject:
Reference - Dictionaries
Publication Date:
20010231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
7.74x4.99x1.06 in. .64 lbs.
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