Title Words of the world : a global history of the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover ; Words of the World; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Appendix figures; Preface; Endnotes; Acknowledgements; 1 Entering the OED; Discoveries in the archives; Re-evaluating the story of p̀rogress;́ Endnotes; 2 A global dictionary from the beginning; EndNotes; 3 James Murray and Words of the World; Criticism of James Murrayś inclusive policy and practice by his contemporaries; Recent criticisms of the dictionary and James Murray; Murray in Oxford; EndNotes; 4 James Murray and the Stanford Dictionary controversy; The Stanford Dictionary controversy Reaction at the OED to the publication of the Stanford DictionaryCase study: a comparison of the Stanford Dictionary and OED1; Result 1: The Stanford Dictionary and OED1 shared 19% of entries in the sample; Result 2: The Stanford Dictionary antedated OED1 in 40% of entries in the sample; Result 3: The Stanford Dictionary acknowledged OED1 for 70% of shared first-sense quotations in the sample; Result 4: Fennell did not acknowledge OED1 for 30% of shared first-sense quotations, or 6% of all entries, in the sample; Result 5: OED1 antedated the Stanford Dictionary in 18% of entries in the sample Result 6: The letters A-C in the Stanford Dictionary were disproportionately larger than the rest of the dictionaryThe Ǹational Dictionary of English Language and Literature ́to rival OED1; The impact of the Stanford Dictionary controversy on OED1; EndNotes; 5 William Craigie, Charles Onions, and the mysterious case of the vanishing tramlines; The 1933 OED Supplement; No tramlines in the 1933 Supplement; Tramlines in the 1933 Supplement proofs; The reason for dropping tramlines in the 1933 Supplement; The OED and the Society for Pure English (SPE) The Word timbre and the SPEś influence on the OEDImplementation of the decision to drop tramlines in the 1933 Supplement; The OED and the BBC advisory committee on spoken English; Charles Onions and the use of tramlines in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary; Solving the mystery of the vanishing tramlines; EndNotes; 6 Robert Burchfield and words of the world in the OED Supplements; Burchfield and his image as champion of words of the world; Case study: loanwords and World Englishes in the OED supplements; Case study purpose; Case study sample Definitions of Ẁorld Englishes ́and l̀oanwords ́in the case studyCase study method; Case study results; The true champion of loanwords and World Englishes in the OED Supplements: Charles Onions; EndNotes; 7 Conclusion; EndNote; Bibliography; UNPUBLISHED SOURCES; Published works; Index Summary "Most people think of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as a distinctly British product. Begun in England one hundred and fifty years ago, it took over sixty years to complete and when it was finally finished in 1928 the British Prime Minister heralded it as a 'national treasure.' This book shows that the dictionary is not as 'British' as we all thought. The linguist and lexicographer, Sarah Ogilvie, combines her insider knowledge and experience with impeccable research to show rather that the OED is an international product in both its content and its making. She examines the policies and practices of the various editors, applies qualitative and quantitative analysis, and finds new OED archival materials in the form of letters, reports and proofs. She demonstrates that the OED, in its use of readers from all over the world and its coverage of World English, was in fact a global text"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Oxford English dictionary. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85201132 Oxford English dictionary fast The Oxford English dictionary gnd Subject Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism. English language -- Foreign countries. English language -- Foreign words and phrases. English language -- Lexicography. English language -- Etymology. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. REFERENCE -- Dictionaries. Encyclopedias and dictionaries English language -- Etymology English language -- Foreign countries English language -- Foreign words and phrases English language -- Lexicography Englisch Lexikografie Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139776653 1139776657 9781139129046 113912904X 9781139782685 1139782681

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