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A masterpiece. Chriss Moss, Time Out Magazine An unprecedented resource. Steven Poole, Saturday Guardian One-of-a-kind...this is a landmark achievement that all academics and large research libraries should own. Library Journal, Issue 12/15 Historical novelists, historians of ideas, literary scholars will find these volumes indespensable. David Wooton, TLS You could spend years browsing in this wonderful pasture. Philip Pullman, The Guardian No one should even consider writing a historical novel without it there on the desk. Philip Pullman, The Guardian No words of mine can express the magnificence of this monument to our huge and often beautiful language. Elspeth Barker, Literary Review As one expects from Oxford, it is superbly designed. Elspeth Barker, Literary Review This is what you call a proper reference tool, as well as an awesome tribute to the English language. Christopher Hart, Sunday Times [A] magnificent, 4,000 page treasure chest. Christopher Hart, Sunday Times The OED gave us individual trees, but never a sight of the whole forest or helpful pathways through it. The thesaurus does precisely that. David Crystal Surely one of the most extraordinary books of reference ever compiled. Sir Roy Strong A monumental feat of scholarship. Henry Hitchings, The Daily Telegraph The 'Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary' will be outstanding and indispensable and so much fun! Melvyn Bragg Finally the OED has a worthy counterpart. Ammon Shea An addictive hoard for those who love words. Jean Aitchison A word-lover's dream. Barbara Kingsolver I can hardly imagine any reference book more valuable for the historical novelist. Philip Pullman
Kurzbeschreibung
Readership: Linguists, philologists, and language specialists, language commentators, historians, and all those with an interest in the history and development of the English language