12.0138 e-OED

Humanist Discussion Group (humanist@kcl.ac.uk)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:15:28 +0100 (BST)

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 12, No. 138.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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[1] From: Norman Hinton <hinton@uis.edu> (36)
Subject: Re: 12.0136 HUM sources? AD/CE? e-OED use?

[2] From: Richard Goerwitz <richard@goon.stg.brown.edu> (9)
Subject: Re: 12.0136 HUM sources? AD/CE? e-OED use?

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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 19:11:34 -0600 (CDT)
From: Norman Hinton <hinton@uis.edu>
Subject: Re: 12.0136 HUM sources? AD/CE? e-OED use?

> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:57:22 +0200
> From: Vania Cascio <cascio@mbox.unict.it>
> >
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am researching on the effectiveness of exploiting the electronic version
> of the Oxford English Dictionary as a research tool(linguistic, historical,
> sociological and so on).
>
> Have you ever used it in your research? Do you know of colleagues who have
> used it? What kind of investigation has been doing? To which end? What the
> advantages? Can you suggest any reading on the topic?
> Your contribution is very pleased and welcomed!!
>
> thanks for your help...
>
> Vania Cascio
> University of Catania
>
>
I don't even use the non-electronic version of the OED if I can possibly
avoid it: it's just not a trustworthy source.>

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Norman Hinton				hinton@uis.edu

--[2]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 20:51:49 -0400 From: Richard Goerwitz <richard@goon.stg.brown.edu> Subject: Re: 12.0136 HUM sources? AD/CE? e-OED use?

There are several versions of the OED available for online use. Which one is it you are interested in? Or are you interested in them all?

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