Three senior editors at the Oxford English Dictionary examine Tolkien's career as a lexicographer who spent two years on the staff of the OED, analyze its influence on his creative use of language in his fictional works, and probe the origins and meaning of such Tolkienesque words as 'hobbit,' 'Ent,' and 'mithril.'

A complete text of the 2nd ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with proximity search software which allows the user to locate a specific word; browse the text; formulate complex searches using Boolean operators; limit searches by date, part of speech, or section of the entry; follow up cross-references; save search results to a file; or paste sections of the OED2 into a text file.

Sets forth all the accepted grammatical terms used in today's English in a dictionary format with cross-references

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