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1	The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology more books like this by C T Onions (Editor), G W S Friedrichsen, Robert W Burchfield add to wishlist With the assistance of: Friedrichsen, G. W. S.; Unknown function: Burchfield, R. W. see all copies from $22.23! new only from $62.84! \| SVS
2	Fowler's Modern English Usage more books like this by Robert W Burchfield, H W Fowler add to wishlist Fowler's Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage, loved and used by writers of all kinds. In keeping with its long tradition, Fowler's gives comprehensive and practical advice on grammar, syntax, style, and choice of words. It gives a clear and authoritative picture of the English we use, and elucidates many scores of ... see all copies from $8.77! new only from $18.38! \| SVS
3	Caught in the Web of Words more books like this by K M Elisabeth Murray, Robert W Burchfield (Foreword by) add to wishlist This unique and celebrated biography describes how a largely self-educated boy from a small village in Scotland entered the world of scholarship and became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and a great lexicographer. It also provides an absorbing account of how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.06! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The English Language more books like this by Robert W Burchfield add to wishlist "Burchfield's brilliant book on the English language is both scholarly and human. It is the best brief survey I have read of the development of English ...it conveys an authentic sense of the great mystery of language. It instructs, but it also compels wonder." Anthony Burgess Dr Burchfield stresses both the flexibility and the resilience of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.10! \| first editions
5	The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: Volume III: A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, Volumes I-IV more books like this by Robert W Burchfield (Editor) add to wishlist The complete text of the four-volume "Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary", reproduced micrographically with four pages of the original to one page of the compact edition, in a special box with reading glass. see all copies from $8.12! new only from $137.00! \| first editions
6	Caught in the Web of Words: James A.H. Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary more books like this by K M Murray, Robert W Burchfield (Designer) add to wishlist This biography of the first editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary" is based on original documents. It is an account of how the dictionary was compiled, the problems the editor had to solve and the endless difficulties which nearly led to the whole project being abandoned. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Unlocking the English Language more books like this by Robert Burshfield, Robert W Burchfield, Professor Harold Bloom (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.24! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Spoken Word: A BBC Guide more books like this by Robert W Burchfield add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
9	New Fowler's Modern English Usage Revised more books like this by Henry Watson Fowler, Robert W Burchfield (Revised by) add to wishlist First published in 1926, this is one of the most celebrated reference books of the twentieth century. Based on the immense databases of the Oxford English Dictionary Department, the new edition provides the same insightful, authoritative, and lively coverage that has long made "Fowler" a synonym for correct English. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $93.64!
10	Points of View: Aspects of Present-Day English more books like this by Robert Burcheield, Robert W Burchfield add to wishlist This is a collection of essays and reflections by Robert Burchfield, the editor of the Supplement to the First Edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary". Many of the pieces in this personal survey of the English language as it is used throughout the world come from his popular Sunday Times column, "Words and Meanings", and focus on such ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Camb History English Language Vol 5 more books like this by Robert W Burchfield (Editor), Richard M Hogg (Editor) add to wishlist The Cambridge History of the English Language is the first multi-volume work to provide a full account of the history of English. Its authoritative coverage extends from areas of central linguistic interest and concern to more specialised topics such as personal names and place names. The volumes dealing with earlier periods are chronologically ... see all copies from $44.58! new only from $208.36!
12	A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary: Volume IV, Se-Z more books like this by Oxford University Press (Editor), Robert W Burchfield (Editor) add to wishlist The publication of the final volume of the OED Supplement marks the completion of a "work which will last longer and prove more influential than anything else published this half-century" (The Times of London). It is the final piece of a great jigsaw that provides the fullest possible treatment of the English language from the middle of the ... see all copies from $77.50!
13	The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: Volumes I-III: Vols. I, II and III in Single Slipcase with Reading Glass more books like this by James D Murray, Robert W Burchfield (Editor) add to wishlist The complete text of the 16-volume OED and supplement, reproduced micrographically with four pages of the original to one page of the compact edition. Supplied as a boxed set of three volumes and a reading glass. see all copies from $30.00! SVS
14	Words for Robert Burchfield's 65th Birthday more books like this by E G Stanley (Editor), T F Hoad (Editor), Robert W Burchfield add to wishlist see all copies from $29.57! first editions
15	Oxford Engl Dict Supp Vol 3 O-Scz more books like this by Oxford University Press (Editor), Robert W Burchfield (Editor) add to wishlist One of a four-volume supplement containing a combined total of 69,300 words. Compiled on the same principles as the OED itself, it deals with new senses of old words which have found a place in the English language of the 20th century. see all copies from $32.90!
16	Unlocking the English language more books like this by R. W. Burchfield add to wishlist At a time when many people fear that the English language is entering a period of serious decline, the author of this book takes a more optimistic view. He believes that it is imperative to see modern English as a rich and diverse linguistic system deposited on our shores some 1,500 years ago, and left with us unweakened, though substantially ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Studies in Lexicography more books like this by Robert W Burchfield (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of essays is mainly concerned with the large historical, period, and regional dictionaries of the modern period. The formidable scholarship and practicality of Liddell and Scott's "Greek-English Lexicon", "The Oxford English Dictionary", the "Dictionary of American Regional English", the "Middle English Dictionary", and the ... see all copies from $143.13!
18	New Zealand. more books like this by Robert W. Burchfield, Ethel May Burchfield add to wishlist see all copies from $9.50! first editions
19	The New Zealand Pocket Oxford Dictionary more books like this by Robert W. Burchfield add to wishlist Contains a wide selection of distinctive New Zealand words in current use, as well as the general vocabulary that New Zealand shares with other English-speaking countries. see all copies from $56.75!
20	The Oxford English Dictionary and the State of the Language more books like this by Robert W. Burchfield, Center for the Book add to wishlist see all copies from $50.50!

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