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Root and Branch: Revising the etymological component of the Oxford English Dictionary
Author(s) -
Durkin Philip N. R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
transactions of the philological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-968X
pISSN - 0079-1636
DOI - 10.1111/1467-968x.00044
Subject(s) - linguistics , root (linguistics) , style (visual arts) , component (thermodynamics) , history , etymology , philosophy , classics , computer science , archaeology , physics , thermodynamics
This paper provides an overview, with examples, of the style and policy being employed in the preparation of the etymological and linguistic components of the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary . Significant areas of policy are dealt with in numbered sections, although emphasis is placed throughout upon showing how these areas interact in practice. Comparison is made with the treatment of similar material in the first edition of the dictionary and its four‐volume supplement (and hence in the integrated second edition of 1989).