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'A Word Factory was wanted': Organizational objectivity in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary

✍ Scribed by Kistner, K.

Book ID: 125814838
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Weight: 736 KB
Volume: 43
Category: Article
ISSN: 0306-3127
DOI: 10.1177/0306312713496603

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