Lexicography And The OED: Pioneers In The Untrodden Forest (Oxford Studies In Lexicography And Lexicology)

Lexicography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest (Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology)

The Oxford English Dictionary occupies a special place in the history of English, cultural as well as linguistic. This collection sets out to explore the pioneering endeavors in both lexicography and lexicology which led to the making of its first edition. Making use of much unpublished archive material, the essays brings a wide variety of perspectives to bear upon the OED, and the particular problems posed by the attempt to break new ground in its formation.Review`This is a rich and scholarly volume, based on hitherto unexploited documentary resources relating to the OED. It not only gives unusually fresh glimpses into the early history of this work, but also sets out an agenda of issues relevant to anyone concerned with dictionaries and dictionary-making.' The Review of English Studies`In documenting the history of the debates associated with the OED, the volume thus provides a rich history of ideas about language in the period, with the added twist that the OED was itself an agent for change, a force moulding contemporary values and attitudes' The Review of English Studies`Lexicography and the OED justifiably claims to be 'the most wide-ranging account yet published of the creation of one of the great canonical works of the 20th century' Richard Boyle, THES`This study is an essential acquisition for lexicographers, language scholars and researchers. Indeed, anyone with a passion for the English language and a basic knowledge of the history of the OED will find much of interest within these pages' Richard Boyle, THES`This book serves as a timely reminder of the pioneering work characteristic of the first edition' Richard Boyle, THESAbout the AuthorLynda Mugglestone is Fellow in English Language and Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford, and News International Lecturer in Language and Communication. She has written widely on nineteenth-century language and associated issuesDSliterary and linguistic, as well as lexicographic.