The dictionary people the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary
"The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By 1928, its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse g...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Vintage
2024
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| Edición: | First published in Vintage in 2024 |
| Colección: | Women's prize longlisted. Non-fiction ;
2024 |
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011570629608016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Discovering the dictionary people
- A for archaeologist
- B for best contributor
- C for cannibal
- D for dictionary word nerds
- E for Europeans
- F for families
- G for glossotypists
- H for hopeless contributors
- I for inventors
- J for junkie
- K for kleptomaniac
- L for lunatics
- M for murderers
- N for New Zealanders
- O for outsiders
- P for pornographer
- Q for queers
- R for rain collectors
- S for suffragists
- T for tramps, the Sunday
- U for USA
- V for vicars (and vegetarians)
- W for women
- X for xenomaniacs (and Esperantists)
- Y for Yonge, Charlotte, and other novelists
- Z for zealots
