Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
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ISBN-10 : 0195218892
ISBN-13 : 9780195218893
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Oxford English Dictionary by : John A. Simpson

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.

Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary

Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0253009839
ISBN-13 : 9780253009838
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary by : Solon Beinfeld

Including over 37,000 entries compiled by a team of expert Yiddish linguists, Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary surpasses all its predecessors in the number of words and rich selection of idioms, examples of usage, and coverage of stylistic levels and dialect forms. The user-friendly entries include words for standard and literary as well as contemporary colloquial and conversational usage and a wide range of terms from all sources of Yiddish, including those of Hebraic-Aramaic, Slavic, and Romance as well as Germanic origin. The lexical corpus comes directly from the highly acclaimed Dictionnaire Yiddish-Français by Yitskhok Niborski and Bernard Vaisbrot, published by the Bibliothèque Medem in Paris in 2002. Augmented by an extensive user's guide, this volume is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, translators, and readers of Yiddish.

The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 688
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ISBN-10 : 9780191009686
ISBN-13 : 0191009687
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by : Peter Gilliver

This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. The author, uniquely among historians of the OED, is also a practising lexicographer with nearly thirty years' experience of working on the Dictionary. He has drawn on a wide range of sources-including previously unexamined archival material and eyewitness testimony-to create a detailed history of the project. The book explores the cultural background from which the idea of a comprehensive historical dictionary of English emerged, the lengthy struggles to bring this concept to fruition, and the development of the book from the appearance of the first printed fascicle in 1884 to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond. It also examines the evolution of the lexicographers' working methods, and provides much information about the people-many of them remarkable individuals-who have contributed to the project over the last century and a half.

ארומנעמיק ענגליש-יידיש ווערטערבוך (באזירט אויף די לעקסישע זאמלונגען פון מרדכי שעכטער)

ארומנעמיק ענגליש-יידיש ווערטערבוך (באזירט אויף די לעקסישע זאמלונגען פון מרדכי שעכטער)
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0253022827
ISBN-13 : 9780253022820
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis ארומנעמיק ענגליש-יידיש ווערטערבוך (באזירט אויף די לעקסישע זאמלונגען פון מרדכי שעכטער) by : Mordkhe Schaechter

Containing nearly 50,000 entries and 33,000 subentries, the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many places around the world. The late Mordkhe Schaechter collected and researched spoken and literary Yiddish in all its varieties and this landmark dictionary reflects his vision for present-day and future Yiddish usage. The richness of dialect differences and historical developments are noted in entries ranging from "agriculture" to "zoology" and include words and expressions that can be found in classic and contemporary literature, newspapers, and other sources of the written word and have long been used by professionals and tradesmen, in synagogues, at home, in intimate life, and wherever Yiddish-speaking Jews have lived and worked.

Collins English Dictionary

Collins English Dictionary
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 630
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ISBN-10 : 0007846967
ISBN-13 : 9780007846962
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

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Oxford Dictionary of English

Oxford Dictionary of English
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 2093
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ISBN-10 : 9780199571123
ISBN-13 : 0199571120
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Oxford Dictionary of English by : Angus Stevenson

The Oxford Dictionary of English offers authoritative and in-depth coverage of over 350,000 words, phrases, and meanings. The foremost single-volume authority on the English language.

The Compact Oxford English Dictionary

The Compact Oxford English Dictionary
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 2386
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ISBN-10 : 0198612583
ISBN-13 : 9780198612582
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis The Compact Oxford English Dictionary by : J. A. Simpson

The standard dictionary of the English language micrographically printed in one volume

ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary

ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary
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Publisher : ABC Chinese Dictionary
Total Pages : 1248
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ISBN-10 : 0824877322
ISBN-13 : 9780824877323
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary by : Robert S. Bauer

Cantonese is spoken by an estimated 73 million people worldwide. It remains hugely influential and a source of great pride--especially for its speakers in Hong Kong, where it flourishes as the predominant language and so sets Hong Kong apart linguistically from all of mainland China. The first and most authoritative reference of its kind to be published in the last forty years, ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary comprises about 15,000 lexical entries that are unique to the colloquial Cantonese language as it is spoken and written in Hong Kong today. Author Robert S. Bauer, a renowned lexicographer and authority on Cantonese, has utilized language documentation resources to the fullest extent by gathering material firsthand from dictionaries, glossaries, and grammars; newspapers and magazines; government records; cartoons and comic books; film and television; websites; and native speakers striding the sidewalks of Hong Kong to capture concretely contemporary Cantonese. In addition to the Introduction, which presents an exhaustive description and analysis of Hong Kong Cantonese, this dictionary's special features include: alphabetical ordering of the lexical entries by their Jyut Ping romanized Cantonese pronunciations; parts of speech; cross-referencing with semantically related lexical items; variant pronunciations and written forms in Chinese characters and English letters; explanatory notes on social status and usage (literal, figurative, slang, jargon, humorous, obscene, obsolete, etc.); information on sociocultural, historical, and political aspects; and example sentences showing lexical usage in the context of spoken Cantonese.

The Oxford English Reference Dictionary

The Oxford English Reference Dictionary
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 1781
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ISBN-10 : 0198606524
ISBN-13 : 9780198606529
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford English Reference Dictionary by : Judy Pearsall

Entries cover over 192,000 words providing definitions, pronunciations, usage notes, grammar advice, and a gazetteer.