{"product_id":"the-dictionary-people-sarah-ogilvie","title":"The Dictionary People (Sarah Ogilvie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unmissable' Stephen Fry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A delight' Katherine Rundell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Illuminating\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eSusie Dent\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant' Philippa Perry\u003cbr\u003e'Enthralling' Jeanette Winterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By 1928, its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from astronomers to murderers, naturists, pornographers, suffragists and queer couples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people's history of the OED. Here, she reveals, for the first time, the full story of the making of one of the most famous books in the world - and celebrates the extraordinary efforts of the Dictionary People.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astonishing book' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly fascinating, entertaining, astonishing and as clever as a box of monkeys \u003c\/b\u003e...\u003cb\u003e I completely love it' Joanna Lumley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fascinating and delightful exploration of the Victorian world ... Wonderful' Nicola Shulman, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTLS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePodcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** A Financial Times, TLS and Daunt Books Book of the Year **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSarah Ogilvie\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the University of Oxford, and specializes in language, dictionaries, and technology. As a lexicographer she has been an editor at the Oxford English Dictionary and was Chief Editor of Oxford Dictionaries in Australia. As a technologist she has worked in Silicon Valley at Lab 126, Amazon's innovation lab, where she was part of the team that developed the Kindle. She originally studied computer science and mathematics before taking her doctorate in Linguistics at the University of Oxford, and then taught at Cambridge and Stanford.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63449212518749,"sku":"K097173618","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/229993-9717361800001A.jpg?v=1771211214","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-dictionary-people-sarah-ogilvie","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}