The Dictionary People

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The Dictionary People
70,00 lei

Categorii: Necatalogate, Neclasificate

Limba: Engleza

Data publicării: 2024

Editura: Vintage

Tip copertă: Paperback

Nr Pag: 384

ISBN: 9781529922578

Dimensiuni: l: 13cm | H: 20cm | 2.4cm | 270g

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The Dictionary People
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'Unmissable' Stephen Fry
'A delight' Katherine Rundell
'Illuminating' Susie Dent
'Brilliant' Philippa Perry
'Enthralling' Jeanette Winterson

What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common?
They all helped create 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 group of people, from astronomers to murderers, naturists, pornographers, suffragists and queer couples.

Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people's history of the OED. Here, she reveals, for the first time, the full story of the making of one of the most famous books in the world - and celebrates the extraordinary efforts of the Dictionary People.

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