The Oxford companion to the English language.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1992.Subject(s): LOC classification: - R PE 31 Ox2 1992
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Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference | PE 31.Ox2 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3AEAD00030579V |
and an index of most people in the text. Provides 22 themes which are arranged in pairs including: Language/Variety and usage, Technology/Media, Geography /History, Biography/Name, Literature/Style, Education/Grammar, Speech/Writing, Word/Reference.
the initials, names, and some personal information about its contributors
Features three distinct types of formats namely: (1) The essay-like entry, either concise, as with indefinite article, obelisk, stage, and Websters, or extensive and with subsections, as with abbreviation, modal verb, name,and poetry (2) The dictionary-style entry, enumerating the senses of a term and usually concise, as in Cajun, Gothic, medium, and message (3) The biographical entry, much like those in standard biographical dictionaries and of varying lengths, as with Craigies, Gordimer, Murray, and Nehru. It also provides a chronology of English etymologies sources, quotations, and bibliographies
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