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The Lexicographers

Magazine article by Jonathan Schell; The Nation, Vol. 279, July 12, 2004

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Al-Qaeda--Investigations, Bush, George W.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Bush, George W.--International relations, Hussein, Saddam--Investigations, United States. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

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The Lexicographers. by Jonathan Schell Ever since the September 11 commission stated authoritatively what everyone knew already, namely...
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Emile Littre, 1801-1881

Magazine article by William Raymond Clark; Free Inquiry, Vol. 22, Fall 2002

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Free thought, Lexicographers--History, Littre, Emile--Appreciation

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...article. Littre continues to be regarded throughout the French-speaking world as one of Frances greatest philologists and lexicographers. Schools and streets have been named for him in several French cities and towns. In Paris, rue Emile Littre, situated on...
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Words Cast Wide 'Net

Magazine article by Jennifer Harper; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, October 18, 1999

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Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Publishing

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...Net by Jennifer Harper Lexicographers battle for position as publishers...together. St. Martins Press hired 250 lexicographers in 10 countries to compile the 400...multiyear task involving 320 editors and lexicographers would have been impossible without...
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Notes & Asides

Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 54, October 14, 2002

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Notes Asides. -- Memo to NR Lexicographers: We are swamped by your resourceful answers to the question posed by Mr. John Stephenson Jr. in the Sept. 2 issue, as well as...
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The Dictionary Makers

Magazine article by Anthony Burgess; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 17, Summer 1993

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Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History

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...qualifications after those he shares with other lexicographers--energy, doggedness, and a clear brain...Johnson) who could lash a team of lexicographers (subdefined by Johnson as harmless...was selective in a way that the new lexicographers may not be, but the principle of selection...

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Encarta First to Reach out to Contributors by E-Mail

Newspaper article by Julia Duin; The Washington Times, September 9, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Soukhanov, the general editor for the Encarta World English Dictionary, says her multiyear task involving 320 editors and lexicographers would have been impossible without e-mail. "We were communicating with people around the world, from the Orkney Islands...
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Obituary: Robert Burchfield

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 12, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Obituary: Robert Burchfield. THERE was only one book in the childhood home of the man who became one of the finest lexicographers of the 20th century, defying death threats from the lunatic fringe, as he allowed the inclusion of new words, some vulgar...
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Calling All Plonkers and Wallies .. . Your Dictionary Needs YOU

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 3, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Dictionary. The institution is teaming up with the BBC this year to trace the history of 40 well-known words and phrases. And the lexicographers are particularly keen to find out the origins of some of Britains traditional insults. While plonker has extremely vulgar...
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Limpet Years Have Major on the Rocks; 'Being PM Is Never Wanting to Say Sorry'

Newspaper article by John Williams; The Mirror (London, England), February 29, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...appears in no dictionary or encyclopaedia. It is a word for which there is no textbook definition, a term so vague that lexicographers long ago despaired of agreeing on its meaning. The word is "Majorism". Throughout the 1990s this word has hovered on the...
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Royal in Byzantium

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 17, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...contemporaries of Charlemagne and his heirs - who wielded the power of Second Rome. Consider the adjective "Byzantine." It can turn lexicographers into poets as the word modifies architecture ("the richness of lace") and art ("perpetually fresh and living") and government...

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