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Title: RING OF WORDS
TOLKIEN AND THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
By: Peter Gilliver
Format: Paperback / softback

List price: £14.99
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ISBN 10: 0199568367
ISBN 13: 9780199568369
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 23 July, 2009
Pages: 256
Description: The Ring of Words describes the unique relationship between Tolkien''s creative use of the English language in his fiction and his work on the Oxford English Dictionary. In ''word studies'' the authors, themselves editors of the OED, explore individual words Tolkien used in terms of their origins, development, and significance in his fictional world.
Illustrations: 18 half-tones
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