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001			on1402288154
003			OCoLC
005			20231101113811.0
008			231012r20232023nyua b 001 0deng d
010			_a 2023012911
040			_aGCmBT _beng _erda _cFBP _dTH8 _dOQX _dACN _dIMT _dPPR _dUBY _dYDX _dCNWPU _dY$5 _dTOH _dVP@ _dNFG
019			_a1365364282 _a1389274325 _a1395952009
020			_a9780593536407 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0593536401 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1402288154 _z(OCoLC)1365364282 _z(OCoLC)1389274325 _z(OCoLC)1395952009
092			_a423.0922 _bO34
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aOgilvie, Sarah, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe dictionary people : _bthe unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary / _cSarah Ogilvie.
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2023.
300			_ax, 370 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"This is Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
500			_a"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd, London, in 2023"--Title page verso.
520			_aFor the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Discovering the dictionary people -- A for archaeologist -- B for best contributor -- C for cannibal -- D for dictionary word nerds -- E for Europeans -- F for families -- G for glossotypists -- H for hopeless contributors -- I for inventors -- J for junkie -- K for kleptomaniac -- L for lunatics -- M for murderers -- N for New Zealanders -- O for outsiders -- P for pornographer -- Q for queers -- R for rain collectors -- S for suffragists -- T for tramps, the Sunday -- U for USA -- V for vicars (and vegetarians) -- W for women -- X for xenomaniacs (and esperantists) -- Y for Yonge, Charlotte, and other novelists -- Z for zealots.
630	0	0	_aOxford English dictionary. _946237
650		0	_aEncyclopedias and dictionaries _xHistory and criticism. _9218496
650		0	_aEnglish language _xLexicography _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xEtymology. _914834
650		0	_aLexicographers _vBiography.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c375797 _d375797