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THE EMPERORS'S NEW CLOTHES: THE SECOND EDITION OF THE SOCIETY'S DICTIONARY *
Author(s) -
Algeo John
Publication year - 1990
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/j.1467-968x.1990.tb00635.x
Subject(s) - clothing , base (topology) , computer science , linguistics , history , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , mathematical analysis
The second edition of the OED (1989) differs from earlier versions in format, form, substance, and especially its invisible electronic base. Future revision of this greatest of English dictionaries should strive, not merely to include more words, but to correct and up‐date the information in entries and to make the dictionary truly international in its editorial languae and usage labels.