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- catalog abstract "When James Murray, the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, went to visit one of his most indefatigable contributors at what Murray assumed to be a country house address, he discovered that the elusive man was in fact an inmate of the Bradmoor asylum. Throughout time, word collectors have proven an unusual breed, and their stories fill Chasing the Sun, Jonathon Green's scholarly and immensely readable history of lexicography. Contrary to Samuel Johnson's famous. Description of the lexicographer as no more than a "harmless drudge," Green celebrates the "drudge triumphant"; as interpreter and arbiter of language itself, the dictionary maker here proves to be closer to deity than to drudge.".
- catalog contributor b9867440.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Description of the lexicographer as no more than a "harmless drudge," Green celebrates the "drudge triumphant"; as interpreter and arbiter of language itself, the dictionary maker here proves to be closer to deity than to drudge.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-483) and index.".
- catalog description "The first lexicographers and the first "dictionaries" -- The middle ages: putting it in order -- The move from Latin -- Vulgar tongues -- Slang: part I -- The seventeenth century: hard words -- The seventeenth century: variations and themes -- The early eighteenth century -- Samuel Johnson: the pivotal moment -- America: the years before Webster -- America: Noah Webster and Joseph Worcester -- The new philology -- The New English Dictionary -- Slang: part II -- The modern world.".
- catalog description "When James Murray, the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, went to visit one of his most indefatigable contributors at what Murray assumed to be a country house address, he discovered that the elusive man was in fact an inmate of the Bradmoor asylum. Throughout time, word collectors have proven an unusual breed, and their stories fill Chasing the Sun, Jonathon Green's scholarly and immensely readable history of lexicography. Contrary to Samuel Johnson's famous.".
- catalog extent "xv, 510 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0805034668".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : H. Holt,".
- catalog subject "413/.028/09 20".
- catalog subject "Lexicography History.".
- catalog subject "P327 .G74 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "The first lexicographers and the first "dictionaries" -- The middle ages: putting it in order -- The move from Latin -- Vulgar tongues -- Slang: part I -- The seventeenth century: hard words -- The seventeenth century: variations and themes -- The early eighteenth century -- Samuel Johnson: the pivotal moment -- America: the years before Webster -- America: Noah Webster and Joseph Worcester -- The new philology -- The New English Dictionary -- Slang: part II -- The modern world.".
- catalog title "Chasing the sun : dictionary makers and the dictionaries they made / Jonathon Green.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".