Mugglestone, Lynda
Lost for words : the hidden history of the Oxford English dictionary / Lynda Mugglestone. - 1° ed. - New Haven : London : Yale University Press, 2005. - xxi, 273 p. : il.
"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."--Cont.
0300106998
2004029344
Colección Mosqueda
Oxford English Dictionary
Investigación histórica
Ensayo
PE1617.O94 / M84 2005
423
Lost for words : the hidden history of the Oxford English dictionary / Lynda Mugglestone. - 1° ed. - New Haven : London : Yale University Press, 2005. - xxi, 273 p. : il.
"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."--Cont.
0300106998
2004029344
Colección Mosqueda
Oxford English Dictionary
Investigación histórica
Ensayo
PE1617.O94 / M84 2005
423