Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford English reference dictionary / edited by Judy Pearsall and Bill Trumble.

Publication

Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pearsall, Judy.
• Trumble, Bill.

Description

xx, 1765, 16 pages : illustrations, color maps; 27 cm

Summary

"The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), like its abridged version, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, is written on historical principles and traces the development of each word's meaning and form from its first appearance in English. Oxford's other English dictionaries, following the style of the ground-breaking New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998), present words according to their use and frequency in modern English."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Oxford English dictionary

Subjects

• Ouvrages de référence
• Reference works
• Dictionaries
• English language > Dictionaries

Genre/Form

• Reference works.
• Dictionaries.
• Ouvrages de référence.

Contents

Oxford English Reference Dictionary -- Chronology of World Events -- Chronology of Scientific Developments -- Countries of the World -- The Commonwealth -- States of the United States of America -- The British Constitution -- The US Constitution -- The United Nations -- The European Union -- Kings and Queens of England and the United Kingdom -- Prime Ministers and Presidents -- The Beaufort Scale of Wind Force -- Weights, Measures, and Notation -- Chemical Elements -- Astronomy: the Constellations -- The Solar System -- Geological Time-scale -- Terms for Groups of Animals etc. -- The Animal Kingdom -- The Plant Kingdoms: Plants, Fungi, Algae, and Bacteria -- The Body -- Alphabets -- Indo-European Languages -- Hallmarks -- Musical Notation and the Orchestra -- Architecture -- Sports and Games -- The British Isles.

ISBN

• 0198606524
• 9780198606529
• 0198600577
• 9780198600572

LCCN

2002523928

OCLC

• ocm49906911
• 49906911
• SCSB-8871639

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library