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The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Tramlines: James Murray's Legacy and the 1933 OED Supplement

Sarah Ogilvie
pp. 1-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0009
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How the American Dialect Society Chooses its Words of the Year

Wayne Glowka
pp. 23-34
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0012
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Reference Works in Progress

William Frawley
p. 35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0000
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Arabic Lexical Contributions to the English Language

Garland Cannon, Wyoma vanDuinkerken
pp. 36-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0002
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Working Knowledge

William Frawley
p. 62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0004
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Middle English Dictionary: Plan and Bibliography (review)

Michael Adams
pp. 63-70
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0006
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Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples: With Special Reference to Exemplifying Usage in Dictionary Entries (review)

Sidney Landau
pp. 71-76
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0008
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Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained: A Guide to the Mysterious, the Paranormal, and the Supernatural (review)

William Frawley
pp. 77-78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0011
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Dictionary Visions: Research and Practice. Selected Papers from the 12th International Symposium on Lexicography, Copenhagen 2004. Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, vol. 10 (review)

Anatoly Liberman
pp. 79-80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0013
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The Last Word: The English Language, Opinions and Prejudices (review)

Erin McKean
pp. 85-86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0003
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A Correction on Grep

Edward Reingold
p. 87
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0005
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An Analytical Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction (review)

Allan R. Bomhard
pp. 81-84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0001
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Notes on Contributors

pp. 88-89
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dic.2008.0007
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