The word detective : searching for the meaning of it all at the Oxford English Dictionary : a memoir
Title:
The word detective : searching for the meaning of it all at the Oxford English Dictionary : a memoir
Author:
Simpson, J. A., 1953- author.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Background to the Case -- 1. Serendipity, Perhaps -- 2. Lexicography 101 -- 3. Marshallers of Words -- 4. The Longest Way Round -- 5. Uneasy Skanking -- 6. Shark-Infested Waters -- 7. Oed Redux -- 8. The Tunnel and the Vision -- 9. Gxddbov Xxkxzt Pg Ifmk -- 10. At the Top of the Crazy Tree -- 11. Shenanigans Online -- 12. Flavour of the Month -- 13. Becoming the Past.
ISBN:
9780465060696
Physical Description:
xvi, 364 pages ; 25 cm
Format:
Books
General Note:
Includes index.
Publication Date as Range:
2016
