...this collection gives some fascinating insights into the making of the OED and is an essential reading for lexicographers and students of English (historical) linguistics. Marcus Callies, eLanguage This volume provides an excellent scholarly assessment of the contribution of the OED and suggests many potentially fruitful areas for further research. LinguistList The authors adopt a range of linguistic approaches and frequently draw upon unpublished materials in the archives of Oxford University Press and the Murray papers ... Lynda Mugglestone provides an introduction to the volume by considering the achievement of the OED within its historical context ... This introduction provides a fascinating survey of the kinds of problems Murray and his associates were faced with on a daily basis. LinguistList Lexicography and the OED justifiably claims to be "the most wide-ranging account yet published of the creation of one of the great canonical works of the 20th century ... This study is an essential acquisition for lexicographers, language scholars and researchers. Indeed, anyone with a passion for the English language and a basic knowledge of the history of the OED will find much of interest within these pages. Richard Boyle, Times Higher Education Supplement
