The New Yorker

Is the Dictionary Done For?

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a revolution.
The New York Times

Book Review: ‘The Dictionary People,’ by Sarah Ogilvie

Sarah Ogilvie’s sprightly “The Dictionary People” pays tribute to the explorers, suffragists, murderers and ordinary citizens who helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. By Dennis Duncan Dennis ...
The New York Times

Latin Dictionary’s Journey: A to Zythum in 125 Years (and Counting)

Researchers in Germany have been working on the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae since the 1890s. They hope to finish in 2050, but that might be optimistic. By Annalisa Quinn MUNICH — When German researchers ...
Sydney Morning Herald

The word nerds who lived and died for the Oxford English Dictionary

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Autobibliogenesis. There ought to be a word for the process whereby one book appears to spontaneously generate others. If there were a ...
New Statesman

David Szalay: “I think of myself as a European novelist”

A new book identifies the army of amateurs, eccentrics and criminals who created the Oxford English Dictionary. By Pippa Bailey When James Murray, the then editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED ...
The Conversation

Six decades, 210 Warlpiri speakers and 11,000 words: how a groundbreaking First Nations dictionary was made

Carmel O'Shannessy has worked with Warlpiri people on language and education for many years. She has received Australian Research Council funding for language research about Warlpiri and other Central ...