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Word of Mouth: A Life in Lexicography

Series 1882, episode 2

Michael Rosen talks to Grant Barrett, head of Lexicography at Dictionary.com and co-host of a phone-in show about language. They discuss the joy of flicking through a dictionary with friends, the fast return of an online look-up, the history of dictionaries, and Grant's favourite area of language - sociolinguistics

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Michael Rosen