The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics
Author: P. H. Matthews
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199675128
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines
Page: 465
View: 541
This authoritative dictionary provides coverage across the field of linguistics, both the theoretical and the practical. In over 3,250 entries it clearly defines terms relating to phonetics, grammar, semantics, languages (spoken and written), dialects, and sociolinguistics.The Concise Oxford Dictionary
Author: H. W. Fowler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199696123
Category: Reference
Page: 1056
View: 563
Facsimile reprint of the 1911 First edition.The Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Judy Pearsall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198606907
Category: English language
Page: 0
View: 518
Previously published as: 10th ed.(Rev.), 2001 title: The concise Oxford Dictionary.The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author: Chris Baldick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199208272
Category: Criticism
Page: 373
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Angus Stevenson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199601110
Category: Reference
Page: 1728
View: 516
Offers definitions for English words and phrases, along with observations about the evolution of the dictionary since its first edition and tables that contain information for such topics as countries and chemical elements.The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics
Author: P.H. Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199202720
Category:
Page: 459
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The concise Oxford dictionary Of current English
Author: H.W. Fowler
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 9785879781885
Category: History
Page: 1041
View: 980
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Author: Susan Ratcliffe
Publisher: Oxford Quick Reference
ISBN: 9780199567072
Category: Reference
Page: 594
View: 490
Based on the highly acclaimed seventh edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this new edition includes over 9,000 of the most popular and widely-used quotations old and new, uniquely identified by searching the largest ongoing language research programme in the world, the Oxford English Corpus.The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
Author: Iain McLean
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780191018275
Category: Political Science
Page: 840
View: 456
This best-selling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the whole multi-disciplinary specturm of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, and concepts, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. An appendix contains timelines listing the principal office-holders of a range of countries including the UK, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and China. Fully revised and updated for the 3rd edition, the dictionary includes a wealth of new material in areas such as international relations, political science, political economy, and methodologies, as well as a chronology of key political theorists. It also boasts entry-level web links that don't go out of date. These can be accessed via a regularly checked and updated companion website, ensuring that the links remain relevent, and any dead links are replaced or removed. The dictionary has international coverage and will prove invaluable to students and academics studying politics and related disciplines, as well as politicians, journalists, and the general reader seeking clarification of political terms.The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Author: Michael Clarke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199569922
Category: Art
Page: 282
View: 476
Searchable database of over 1,900 terms used in the wide variety of visual media that makes up the art world.The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English
Author: Henry Watson Fowler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: STANFORD:36105012406000
Category: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Page: 1718
View: 406
This new edition of Oxford's flagship single-volume dictionary brings you the results of the latest research into the real English of today. Oxford is lead partner in the British National Corpus, a massive and constantly expanding hundred-million-word database which allows dictionary editors to sample today's language - newspapers, magazines, books, advertisements, even transcripts of spoken English. With thousands of occurrences ofeach common word available for instant analysis, lexicographers are able to track the latest trends in, for instance, spelling and hyphenation or disputed usages, with greater accuracy than ever before. This rolling, constantly updated 'opinion poll of language' combined with Oxford's unparalleledworld reading programme (we spend more on language research than any other dictionary publisher in the world), ensures that COD9 is the up-to-date reference for today's English.The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
Author: John Warrack
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780192800282
Category: Music
Page: 594
View: 759
Derived from the full Oxford Dictionary of Opera, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of opera available in paperback. Fully revised for this new edition, with over 3,500 entries, it is designed to be accessible to all those who enjoy opera, whether at the opera-house oron record. * Composers and their works * Singers and their notable performances * Plot summaries and separate entries for well-known roles, arias, and choruses * Leading conductors, producers, and designers * Opera companies and festivals