The beginnings of the OED
16th October 2013
Ever since (in fact, probably long before) I completed my MA in Lexicography, I have been fascinated by dictionaries, none more so than The Oxford English Dictionary (1884–1928), ‘the greatest treasure-house of any language in the world’ (PMM). The origins of the OED lie in these two papers, On some Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries, read by […]
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