TY  - BOOK
N2  - "Lost For Words uncovers the enthralling process by which the great dictionary came into being, tracing - through letters and archives - the personal battles involved in charting a constantly changing language. Seeking to determine correct usage, the lexicographers reveal themselves vulnerable to the prejudices of their own linguistic preferences and to the influence of contemporary social history."--BOOK JACKET.
AB  - "Lost For Words uncovers the enthralling process by which the great dictionary came into being, tracing - through letters and archives - the personal battles involved in charting a constantly changing language. Seeking to determine correct usage, the lexicographers reveal themselves vulnerable to the prejudices of their own linguistic preferences and to the influence of contemporary social history."--BOOK JACKET.
T1  - Lost for words :the hidden history of the Oxford English dictionary /
DA  - c2005.
CY  - New Haven :
AU  - Mugglestone, Lynda.
ET  - 1st ed.
CN  - PE1617.O94
CN  - PE1617.O94
PB  - Yale University Press,
PP  - New Haven :
PY  - c2005.
ID  - 291541
KW  - Encyclopedias and dictionaries
KW  - English language
KW  - English language
KW  - Oxford English dictionary (anoniem)
KW  - Woordenboeken.
KW  - Engels.
KW  - Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais
KW  - Anglais (Langue)
KW  - Anglais (Langue)
SN  - 0300106998 (alk. paper)
SN  - 9780300106992 (alk. paper)
TI  - Lost for words :the hidden history of the Oxford English dictionary /
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