Treasure-house of the language
Subtitle: the living OED
By: Charlotte Brewer.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300124293
Subjects: Oxford English dictionary; Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism; English language -- Lexicography; English language -- Etymology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Press & dictionary in 1928; title: Beating the track of the alphabet : work on the first supplement; title: After the OED; title: Treasure-house of the language : role & function of the OED; title: Supplementation or revision?; title: Burchfield's supplement (1) : producing a dictionary; title: Burchfield's supplement (2) : editorial policies and practice; title: The New Oxford English dictionary project.