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A Guide to the

A Guide to the "Oxford English Dictionary"

by Donna Lee Berg (Author)

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    Hardcover 1993

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Synopsis

Which other dictionary contains 290,500 entries, 616,500 word forms, and two-and-a-half million quotations? The Oxford English Dictionary is regarded as the greatest reference book ever written , and this guide provides an insight into the conventions and compilation of its Second Edition. Donna Lee Berg gives an analysis of the components of a typical entry: pronunciation; part of speech; labels indicating, for example, areas of origin or use; variants; etymology; the definition itself; and the supporting quotation paragraph. There are sections on special types of entries such as acronyms and proper names, the history of the Dictionary, and fascinating facts and figures: word with the most meanings - set (464); most quoted author - Shakespeare (29,142); earliest dated words - town & priest (both AD 601-4); S has 34,556 entries compared to X's 152.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 224
 Edition: 2nd
 Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Jul 1993
ISBN 10: 0198691793
ISBN 13: 9780198691792

Media Reviews
Provides a detailed explanation of the conventions and organization of the dictionary, an analysis of components of a typical entry, a brief history of the set and the people who shaped it, a chronology, and key facts and figures. --Booklist
This is a clear and precise guide, a handbook to a reference book, a 'learner' to a great well of knowledge, or, using a new phase, recently coined, 'a good knowledge analyzer.' --The Library Quarterly


Provides a detailed explanation of the conventions and organization of the dictionary, an analysis of components of a typical entry, a brief history of the set and the people who shaped it, a chronology, and key facts and figures. --Booklist
This is a clear and precise guide, a handbook to a reference book, a 'learner' to a great well of knowledge, or, using a new phase, recently coined, 'a good knowledge analyzer.' --The Library Quarterly

Provides a detailed explanation of the conventions and organization of the dictionary, an analysis of components of a typical entry, a brief history of the set and the people who shaped it, a chronology, and key facts and figures. --Booklist
This is a clear and precise guide, a handbook to a reference book, a 'learner' to a great well of knowledge, or, using a new phase, recently coined, 'a good knowledge analyzer.' --The Library Quarterly


Provides a detailed explanation of the conventions and organization of the dictionary, an analysis of components of a typical entry, a brief history of the set and the people who shaped it, a chronology, and key facts and figures. --Booklist


This is a clear and precise guide, a handbook to a reference book, a 'learner' to a great well of knowledge, or, using a new phase, recently coined, 'a good knowledge analyzer.' --The Library Quarterly


Author Bio

Donna Lee Berg is former librarian at the University of Waterloo Centre for the New OED.