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Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-makers and the Dictionaries They Made by Jonathon Green (Hardcover, 1996)
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CHASING THE SUN is an immensely readable and fascinating history of the dictionary, of the urge to set knowledge - in the case, words -in order. Jonathan Green traces the story from the first lexicon created in 2340 BC in Sumeria to the pinnacle of the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY and today's computer-generated successors of that great masterwork. Throughout he tells the story through the lives of the lexicographers themselves, a diverse and fascinating collection of men obsessed with words and language, men who with extraordinary frequency assume a godlike role.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780224040105
eBay Product ID (ePID)96007148
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
Publication NameChasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made
LanguageEnglish
SubjectWriting & Reading
Publication Year1996
TypeStudy Guide
AuthorJonathon Green
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight753 g
Item Width160 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJonathon Green
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