From the beginning, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary was
intended to be an abridgement of the full Oxford English
Dictionary. The first editor, William Little, was appointed in
1902. He worked on it until his death in 1922, after which the
dictionary was completed by H. W. Fowler, Jessie Coulson, and C. T.
Onions. The First Edition was published in 1933, in two volumes.
The Second Edition, published in 1936, contained about 3,000
revisions and additions. The Third Edition (1944) contained an
appendix of addenda and corrigenda, and this edition was reprinted
several times with corrections and additions, the most significant
being in 1973, with enlarged addenda (now running to over 70 pages)
and a major revision of all the etymologies. The New Shorter was
prepared under the editorship of Lesley Brown 1980-1993. It was the
first complete revision of the dictionary, being in fact not so
much an overhaul of the existing text as a reabridgement of the OED
and its Supplements. The Fifth Edition was published in 2002, and
reverted to the name Shorter Oxford English Dictionary to emphasize
the link between this 2-volume dictionary and the original
20-volume OED. The Sixth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English
Dictionary provides a complete update of this unique reference
work. Based on the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, the Shorter
Oxford English Dictionary contains an incredible one-third of the
coverage of the Oxford English Dictionary, is just one-tenth of the
size, and includes all words in current English from 1700 to the
present day, plus the vocabulary of Shakespeare, the Bible and
other major works in English from before 1700. The new edition,
with a new introductory essay by language expert David Crystal on
the History of English, includes 2,500 new words and senses, plus
thousands of antedatings of existing words, drawing on the huge
ongoing research project for the Oxford English Dictionary and the
wealth of information on language in use provided by the Oxford
English Corpus. In addition, the work includes many new quotations
from recent authors, a refreshed design, and a complete review of
spelling forms and defining vocabulary, making it the most
authoritative reference work available for both modern and
historical English. For scholars and everyone with a serious
interest in the English language, the Shorter Oxford English
Dictionary is an unrivalled resource, providing a unique
description of the historical development of the language together
with excellent coverage of current English. The Sixth Edition
showcases the best of the traditional strengths of the Shorter
Oxford English Dictionary, while bringing it up to date in its
scholarship and research, in the design and layout, and in its
treatment of the changing face of English.
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