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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.
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Jonathon Green is England's leading lexicographer of slang and jargon. Among his own dictionaries are the Macmillan Dictionary of Contemproary Slang, The Slang Thesaurus, Neologisms: New Words since 1960, Slang Down the Ages: The Historical Development of Slang and the Dictionary of Jargon. He also broadcasts regularly on language topics. Among his other books are three oral histories, many dictionaries of quotations and an encyclopedia of censorship.
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Hardcover. Etat : VG++/F/VG++. y First Edition. 1996 HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1.3.5.7.9.10.8.6.4.2.*Date of Publication: 1996* Publisher: Jonathan Cape* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs. FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED showing shelf price of £25.00, some minor shelf wear to top edge with one small (1/4?) tear to back top edge. NEAR FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, tight and bright. No Inscriptions or annotations, very slight paper colouration, NEAR FINE* Illustrations: B/W photos.* Pages: 380 pp. text. xliii pp. Notes, Bibliography & Index.* Review :- The title of this engaging history of lexicography is taken from Samuel Johnson's preface to The Dictionary of English Language of 1755 - in which the great man moans at the endless task lexicography turned out to be, given that when he started he was dreamily anticipating 'the hours which I should revel away in feasts of literature'. Green, himself a dictionary-maker, charts the history of his craft from pre-Babylonian Sumeria to the present day. A fat book, packed with interest for anyone fascinated with the process by which language is captured. (Kirkus UK) 1996-03-07. n. N° de réf. du vendeur 576
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