29.2385, Books: The Meaning of Everything: Winchester

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Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:47:03
From: Celine Aenlle-Rocha [Celine.Aenlle-Rocha at oup.com]
Subject: The Meaning of Everything: Winchester

 


Title: The Meaning of Everything 
Subtitle: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-meaning-of-everything-9780198814399 


Author: Simon Winchester OBE

Paperback: ISBN:  9780198814399 Pages: 336 Price: U.S. $ 14.95


Abstract:

In The Meaning of Everything, Simon Winchester celebrates this remarkable
feat, and the fascinating characters who played such a vital part in its
execution, from the colourful Frederick Furnivall, cheerful promoter of an
all-female sculling crew, to James Murray, self-educated son of a draper, who
spent half a century guiding the project towards fruition. Along the way we
learn which dictionary editor became the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame's
Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, and why Tolkien found it so hard to define
"walrus". 
Written by the bestselling author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne and The Map
That Changed the World, The Meaning of Everything is an enthralling account of
the creation of the world's greatest dictionary.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Language Documentation


Written In: English  (eng)

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