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Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the "Oxford English Dictionary" (Yale Nota Bene) Book

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 great lexicographer. It also provides an absorbing account of 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.Read More

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  • 0300089198
  • 9780300089196
  • KME Murray
  • 1 March 2001
  • Yale University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 462
  • New edition
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