Decolonising the dictionary; narratives of history and empire in the OED
A Dictionary, stated Richard Chenevix Trench in 1857, is the history of a nation contemplated from one point of view. Over the long history of the OED, however, configurations of nation -- and attendant readings of history -- have changed significantly, necessitating a complex renegotiation of the &...
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2010
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