The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (Ninth Edition, 1995)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1995
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1696 pages. 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 p artner in the British National Corpus, a massive and constantly expanding hundre d-million-word database which allows dictionary editors to sample today's langua ge - newspapers, magazines, books, advertisements, even transcripts of spoken En glish. With thousands of occurences of each common word available for instant an alysis, lexicographers are able to track the latest trends in, for instance, spe lling and hyphenation or disputed usages, with greater accuracy than ever before . This rolling, constantly updated `opinion poll of language' combined with Oxfo rd's unparalleled world reading programme (we spend more on language research th an any other dictionary publisher in the world), ensures that COD9 is the up-to- date reference for today's English. Bigger and better than ever before, its new features include: BL The most up-to-date spellings, with improved coverage of me aning and usage based on a computerized `snapshot' of today's language BL 25% mo re content than the previous edition BL New words, including such items as holid ay village, nip and tuck, central locking, ragga, house-sit, Balti, pesto, Cajun , road-pricing, Feyman diagram, supermodel, and slaphead BL New, more up-to-date pronunciation system, representing today's received pronunciation BL Over 300 n ew boxed usage notes with guidance on good English BL New, clearer etymologies B L easier to use with more compounds as main entries.…
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- Title
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (Ninth Edition, 1995)
- Author
- Della Thompson (Editor)
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0198613202
- ISBN 13
- 9780198613206
- Dimensions
- 16.0cm x 6.1cm x 24.4cm
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New features of this contemporary English reference work include current spelling trends, definitions of new words, extended usage notes, new pronunciations and etymologies, and improved ease of use.
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