Empire of Words : : The Reign of the OED / / John Willinsky.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Willinsky, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1994]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 2 line illus. 16 tables

What is the meaning of a word? Most readers turn to the dictionary for authoritative meanings and correct usage. But what is the source of authority in dictionaries? Some dictionaries employ panels of experts to fix meaning and prescribe usage, others rely on derivation through etymology. But perhap...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. At Trench's Suggestion, 1858-1878
• Chapter 3. Murray's Editorship, 1879-1915
• Chapter 4. Shakespeare's Dictionary
• Chapter 5. Citing The Shrew
• Chapter 6. A Victorian Canon: The Authors
• Chapter 7. A Victorian Canon: The Titles
• Chapter 8. A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, 1957-1986
• Chapter 9. Modern Citation
• Chapter 10. The Second Edition, 1984-1989
• Chapter 11. The Sense of Omission
• Chapter 12. A Source of Authority
• Appendix of Tables
• Notes
• References
• Index