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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
TRADITIONAL
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Eleventh Edition
Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson
Publication date: 8 July 2004
1728 pages, 234mm x 156mm
| Description |
- Major new edition
providing an authoritative,
up-to-the-minute description of the
English language
- Based on hundreds
of millions of words of real English
from the Oxford English Corpus
- Over 240,000
words, phrases, and definitions,
including 900 new words
- NEW Word
Histories feature telling the often
bizarre stories of the origins and
development of 100s of words, such
as accolade and candid
- NEW: Hundreds of
extra notes on grammar and usage
covering a wide range of topics,
from confusable words (what's the
difference between peddle
and pedal?) to punctuation
(where should a hyphen be used?)
- Rich vocabulary
coverage including scientific,
technical, World English, rare,
historical, and archaic terms
- Appendices
containing lists of alphabets,
currencies, chemical elements,
electronic English, and more
New to this edition
- 900 new words
- 400 new notes on
grammar and usage
- Word Histories
feature, providing detailed
explanations of the origins and
development of 100 words
- Appendix on
registers in language, from formal
to slang, including a section on
English used in electronic
communication
- Single edition
with printed thumb tabs gives
pinpoint accuracy for finding
alphabetical changes
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| Authoritative and up
to date, this eleventh edition of the
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
contains over 240,000 words, phrases,
and definitions, including 900 new
words. It offers rich vocabulary
coverage, with full treatment of World
English, rare, historical, and archaic
terms, as well as scientific and
technical vocabulary, and provides
hundreds of helpful notes on grammar and
usage.
New to this edition is
a fascinating Word Histories feature,
telling the often bizarre stories of the
origins and development of 100s of
words. For example, did you know that
the word grammar is related to
glamour, or that cockney
used to mean a spoilt child?
This dictionary contains full appendices
on topics such as alphabets, currencies,
electronic English, and the registers of
language, from formal to slang, plus a
useful Guide to Good English with advice
on grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
This new edition
replaces ISBNs 0-19-860572-2 and
0-19-860636-2. |
Readership: For anyone
needing a concise and authoritative dictionary
of current English for study, work, or home.
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Contents |
- Preface
- Introduction
- Guide to the Use
of the dictionary
- Abbreviations
used in the dictionary
- Note on
trademarks and proprietary status
- Concise Oxford
English Dictionary
- Appendix 1:
Countries of the World
- Appendix 2: Prime
Ministers and Presidents
- Appendix 3: Kings
and Queens of England and the United
Kingdom
- Appendix 4:
Weights, Measures, and Notation
- Appendix 5:
Chemical Elements
- Appendix 6: The
Greek Alphabet
- Appendix 7: The
Solar System
- Appendix 8:
Collective Nouns
- Appendix 9: Types
of Language
- Appendix 10:
English in Electronic Communication
- Appendix 11:
Guide to Good English
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary (thumbindex) |
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Plain, hardback |
0 19 860864 0 |
€35,00 |
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