Root and branch: Revising the etymological component of the Oxford English Dictionary

Transactions of the Philological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-49

  Durkin, Philip N R ^a,b  

^a Oxford English Dictionary ^*

^b Oxford English Dictionary   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042445810     PISSN: 00791636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-968X.00044     Document Type: Article

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