Title: The meaning of everything
First published: 2003
Description: Traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion, describes the process of creating a dictionary, and includes anecdotes about its creators and their work.
Subjects: Lexicographers, English language, Lexicography, Oxford English dictionary, Biography, History, Lexicology, History and criticism, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Woordenboeken, English language, lexicography, Furnivall, frederick james, 1825-1910, New York Times reviewed, Dictionaries as Topic
Places: Great Britain
People: Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910), Herbert Coleridge (1830-1861), James Augustus Henry Murray Sir (1837-1915)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PE1617.O94 W558 2003