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E.S.C. Weiner
13 booksEdmund S.C. Weiner joined the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary in July 1977. Previously he taught Old and Middle English and English linguistic history at Christ Church, Oxford, and undertook research on Middle English literature.
His career as a lexicographer began with the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary. In 1983 he started work on Oxford University Press's plans for the computerization of the Oxford English Dictionary, and became Co-Editor of the Second Edition in 1985. In 1993 as Deputy Chief Editor he took charge of the revision of etymologies, pronunciations, and grammatical terms in the Dictionary.
It was his initial analysis of the structure of the dictionary text which enabled the Oxford English Dictionary to be first handled and searched by computer in 1987. He was subsequently closely involved in the preparation of the popular CD-ROM edition, published in 1992.
He has always been fascinated by word origins, phonetic change, and grammatical development. He takes a keen interest in particular aspects of the vocabulary of English, including the language of Early Modern English non literary documents (such as wills and inventories), the terminology of English grammar (the subject of a book he co-authored), the vocabulary of Anglo-Jewry, and the English of South Africa, where many of his extended family live. He is an active teacher at summer schools on the history of English and trains lexicographers in languages which have fewer literary and historical resources than English. He is a Fellow of Kellogg College Oxford.
Edmund was born in Oxford, where he has lived most of his life. The works of the famous Oxonians J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were powerful early influences. He is happy to pursue his scholarly interests as his profession on the Oxford English Dictionary. He also enjoys listening to music, reading, going to church, and family life.
His career as a lexicographer began with the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary. In 1983 he started work on Oxford University Press's plans for the computerization of the Oxford English Dictionary, and became Co-Editor of the Second Edition in 1985. In 1993 as Deputy Chief Editor he took charge of the revision of etymologies, pronunciations, and grammatical terms in the Dictionary.
It was his initial analysis of the structure of the dictionary text which enabled the Oxford English Dictionary to be first handled and searched by computer in 1987. He was subsequently closely involved in the preparation of the popular CD-ROM edition, published in 1992.
He has always been fascinated by word origins, phonetic change, and grammatical development. He takes a keen interest in particular aspects of the vocabulary of English, including the language of Early Modern English non literary documents (such as wills and inventories), the terminology of English grammar (the subject of a book he co-authored), the vocabulary of Anglo-Jewry, and the English of South Africa, where many of his extended family live. He is an active teacher at summer schools on the history of English and trains lexicographers in languages which have fewer literary and historical resources than English. He is a Fellow of Kellogg College Oxford.
Edmund was born in Oxford, where he has lived most of his life. The works of the famous Oxonians J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were powerful early influences. He is happy to pursue his scholarly interests as his profession on the Oxford English Dictionary. He also enjoys listening to music, reading, going to church, and family life.
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