Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet?

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The long read
Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet?
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https://www.theguardian.com/news ... ry-survive-internet
Fri 23 Feb 2018 06.00 GMT
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For centuries, lexicographers have attempted to capture the entire English language. Technology might soon turn this dream into reality – but will it spell the end for dictionaries?
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% U! z# c. ^3 _; e) JBy Andrew Dickson

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The first English dictionary-makers had no fantasies about capturing an entire culture. In contrast to languages such as Chinese and ancient Greek, where systematic, dictionary-like works have existed for millennia, the earliest English lexicons didn’t begin to be assembled until the 16th century.

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千年？
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可是千年前像OED这样的没有啊

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klwo2 发表于 2018-3-10 16:55
千年？
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