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The Dictionary People
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'Enthralling and exuberant ... Here is a wonder-book for word-lovers' Jeanette Winterson‘A lively, entertaining, and …
Words of the World
Most people think of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as a distinctly British product. Begun in England 150 years ago, it took more than 60 years to complete and, when it was …
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST - The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A history and celebration of the many far-flung …
The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries
How did a single genre of text have the power to standardise the English language across time and region, rival the Bible in notions of authority, and challenge our understanding …
Whole World in a Book
Nineteenth-century readers had an appetite for books so big they seemed to contain the whole world: immense novels, series of novels, encyclopaedias. Especially in Eurasia and …
The Whole World in a Book
Nineteenth-century readers had an appetite for books so big they seemed to contain the whole world: immense novels, series of novels, encyclopaedias. Especially in Eurasia and …
Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World
Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the major languages and language families of the …
Index of Middle English Prose
A series which is "e;a monumental achievement"e; (Review of English Studies).In 1755 Richard Rawlinson bequeathed his vast collection of books and manuscripts to the …
Keeping Languages Alive
Many of the world's languages have diminishing numbers of speakers and are in danger of falling silent. Around the globe, a large body of linguists are collaborating with members …
The Index of Middle English Prose Handlist VIII
Oxford college libraries house more than 2,500 Western medieval manuscripts, of which 155 contain prose writings in the vernacular; this Handlist indexes some 750 items. Major …
The Index of Middle English Prose
A series which is "a monumental achievement" (Review of English Studies). In 1755 Richard Rawlinson bequeathed his vast collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library. …