Shea, Ammon.
Reading the OED : one man, one year, 21,730 pages / Reading the Oxford English Dictionary Ammon Shea. - 1st ed. - New York : Penguin Group, 2008. - xvi, 223 p. ; 22 cm.
"A Perigee Book"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-223).
Ammon Shea provides an account of his experiences reading the entire "Oxford English Dictionary" over the course of one year, and shares a smidgeon of what he learned about words from the vast text.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9780399533983 (trade) 0399533982
2007046163
Oxford English dictionary.
Oxford English dictionary.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
English language--Lexicography.
English language--Etymology.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
English language.
English language--Etymology.
PE1617.O94 / S54 2008
423/.028
Reading the OED : one man, one year, 21,730 pages / Reading the Oxford English Dictionary Ammon Shea. - 1st ed. - New York : Penguin Group, 2008. - xvi, 223 p. ; 22 cm.
"A Perigee Book"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-223).
Ammon Shea provides an account of his experiences reading the entire "Oxford English Dictionary" over the course of one year, and shares a smidgeon of what he learned about words from the vast text.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9780399533983 (trade) 0399533982
2007046163
Oxford English dictionary.
Oxford English dictionary.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
English language--Lexicography.
English language--Etymology.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
English language.
English language--Etymology.
PE1617.O94 / S54 2008
423/.028