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Título:
The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.
ISBN:
9780593536407
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Edición:
First American edition.
Información de publicación:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.

©2023
Descripción física:
x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contenido:
A for archaeologist -- B for best contributor -- C for cannibal -- D for dictionary word nerds -- E for Europeans -- F for families -- G for glossotypists -- H for hopeless contributors -- I for inventors -- J for junkie -- K for kleptomaniac -- L for lunatics -- M for murderers -- N for New Zealanders -- O for outsiders -- P for pornographer -- Q for queers -- R for rain collectors -- S for suffragists -- T for tramps, the Sunday -- U for USA -- V for vicars (and vegetarians) -- W for women -- X for xenomaniacs (and esperantists) -- Y for Yonge, Charlotte, and other novelists -- Z for zealots.
Síntesis:
"For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak." -- Publisher.
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