The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Simon Winchester
“The greatest enterprise of its kind in history,” was the verdict of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June 1928 when The Oxford English Dictionary was finally published. With its 15,490 pages & nearly two million quotations, it was indeed a monumental achievement, gleaned from the efforts of hundreds of ordinary & extraordinary people who made it their mission to catalogue the English language in its entirety.
In The Meaning of Everything, Simon Winchester celebrates this remarkable feat, & the fascinating characters who played such a vital part in its execution, from the colourful Frederick Furnivall, cheerful promoter of an all-female sculling crew, to James Murray, self-educated son of a draper, who spent half a century guiding the project towards fruition. Along the way, we learn which dictionary editor became the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame's Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, & why Tolkien found it so hard to define “walrus.”
Written by the bestselling author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne & The Map That Changed the World, The Meaning of Everything is an enthralling account of the creation of the world's greatest dictionary.
Năm:
2018
Nhà xuát bản:
Oxford University Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
298
ISBN 10:
0198814399
ISBN 13:
9780198814399
File:
EPUB, 1.13 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2018
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