Foreign Language English Dictionaries General Language Dictionaries

Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195218893
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Oxford English Dictionary written by John A. Simpson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.

Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher : Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1096 pages
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Download or read book The Oxford English Dictionary written by Oxford University Press and published by Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Dictionary is the ultimate authority on the usage and meaning of English words and phrases, and a fascinating guide to the evolution of our language. It traces the usage, meaning and history of words from 1150 AD to the present day. No dictionary of any language approaches the OED in thoroughness, authority, and wealth of linguistic information. The OED defines over half a million words, and includes almost 2.4 million illustrative quotations, providing an invaluable record of English throughout the centuries. The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of international sources - literary, scholarly, technical, popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare and Raymond Chandler, Charles Darwin and John Le Carré. In all, nearly 2.5 million quotations can be found in the OED . Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions of over 500,000 words; detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics (including geographical origins).

Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher : Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1096 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford English Dictionary written by Oxford University Press and published by Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Dictionary is the ultimate authority on the usage and meaning of English words and phrases, and a fascinating guide to the evolution of our language. It traces the usage, meaning and history of words from 1150 AD to the present day. No dictionary of any language approaches the OED in thoroughness, authority, and wealth of linguistic information. The OED defines over half a million words, and includes almost 2.4 million illustrative quotations, providing an invaluable record of English throughout the centuries. The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of international sources - literary, scholarly, technical, popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare and Raymond Chandler, Charles Darwin and John Le Carré. In all, nearly 2.5 million quotations can be found in the OED . Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions of over 500,000 words; detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics (including geographical origins).

Author : Library of Congress. General Reference and Bibliography Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foreign Language - English Dictionaries: General language dictionaries written by Library of Congress. General Reference and Bibliography Division and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mirja Schnoor
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 363820121X
Total Pages : 27 pages
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Download or read book Different Types of Dictionaries written by Mirja Schnoor and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2 (B), Bielefeld University (FB Anglistics), course: GK Linguistik 1b How to Make a Dictionary, language: English, abstract: There is a vast amount of different dictionaries available for users of the English language. All these dictionaries share the aspect that they provide information about English words and items, but they are also very different and need to be distinguished from each other. One may need a dictionary in one case and the same dictionary may be absolutely useless when one tries to solve another problem. “Monolingual learners’, general monolingual, and bilingual dictionaries present a problem: in spite of what may be advertised on the outside cover of these texts, no single dictionary can adequately serve all users. A variety of dictionaries is required to suit the backgrounds, needs, and expectations of individual language learners” (BATTENBURG 24). So different users and different questions require different dictionaries. One needs to know where to find the information asked for in a particular case, and one certainly needs more than one dictionary for different aspects of the English language. To avoid getting lost here, it is necessary to distinguish between the different types of dictionaries that exist. This report provides some suggestions for distinction, amongst other things established through empiric research. First, an outline of the different types of dictionaries is given, including general dictionaries (monolingual, bilingual), learner’s dictionaries, historical dictionaries and encyclopedias. Moreover, the typical structure of an entry in a dictionary is explained, because the dictionary entries examined later are mainly checked according to these parts of an entry; it is looked what parts they in- or exclude and how the parts are realized. After the theoretical part, the empiric research is documented. Five dictionaries (monolingual American and British, bilingual English-German, learner’s dictionary, historical dictionary) and one encyclopedia are compared in the way that three different items (general, encyclopedic, and regional) are looked up and the entries are compared in order to find differences and in this way get a guideline how and when to consult what dictionary.

Author : Thomas Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1066 pages
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Download or read book A General Dictionary of the English Language written by Thomas Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1780 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : [Anonymus AC09441337]
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Foreign language-English dictionaries. 2. General language dictionaries written by [Anonymus AC09441337] and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Foreign Language - English Dictionaries written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Lewis Collison
Publisher : [New York] : Hafner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book Dictionaries of English and Foreign Languages written by Robert Lewis Collison and published by [New York] : Hafner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1971 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotated bibliography comprising a literature survey of dictionarys of English and other languages - includes historical notes and a listing of dictionaries of technology and other specialized dictionaries, etc.

Author : Library of Congress (Etats-Unis). Reference department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foreign Language - English Dictionaries ... written by Library of Congress (Etats-Unis). Reference department and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: