Caught in the Web of Words

Autori

• Katherine Maud Elisabeth Murray

Parametri

• 462 pagine
• 17 ore di lettura

• Autobiografie e memorie
• Biografie e pensieri
• Linguistica
• Saggistica
• Storia

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A biography of James Murray, the first editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary". It provides an account of his life, along with 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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2001

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