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Genre/Form: | Dictionaries Dictionnaires |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Andrew Simpson; Eva S Weiner |
ISBN: | 0198611862 9780198611868 |
OCLC Number: | 185549672 |
Notes: | Previous ed. published in 12v. with a 4v. supplement. 1933-1986. |
Description: | 20 v. ; 31 cm |
Responsibility: | prepared by J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. |
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"A history of the English Language, as well as a social history"
"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 and traces their usage through 2.5 million illustrative quotations from a wide range of literary and other...
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"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 and traces their usage through 2.5 million illustrative quotations from a wide range of literary and other sources. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language." -- Publisher
"The entire work constitutes, in a way, a history of the English Language, as well as a social history of English speaking peoples from the 12th century through to the end of the 20th century. . . .
"All speakers and students of the language are in Oxford's debt, and will forever be so. No dictionary comes close in comprehensiveness of coverage (its word count, i.e., the quantity of words defined, exceeds that covered in any other competing dictionary). This set, rightly, is the central jewel in OUP's crown of publications. If you're a writer, you can't afford not to purchase this set." -- Reader's Comment
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