The International Handbook of Modern Lexis and Lexicography explores the shift in linguistics from traditional methods to modern, electronic approaches. It serves as a comprehensive reference for lexicography across major and indigenous languages, benefiting a wide audience from general readers to specialists in various fields.
2022 will go down as a historic year for English football. The Lionesses' European Championship triumph is a game-changer for British sporting culture. This is the only official book of their historic win, recounting the inside diary of the tournament alongside revealing profiles of the women who made it all happen.
The foremost single volume authority on the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of English is at the forefront of language research, focusing on English as it is used today. It is informed by the most up-to-date evidence from the largest language research programme in the world, including the two-billion-word Oxford English Corpus.This new edition includes thousands of brand-new words and senses, as well as up-to-date encyclopedic information, and extensive appendices covering topics such as countries, heads of state, and chemical elements.New features include Word Trends which showcase language research based on the Oxford English Corpus and illuminate the extraordinary stories behind fast-changing words of everyday English.Find out more about our living language using Oxford Dictionaries Online - updated regularly with the latest changes to words and meanings, so you have the most accurate picture of English available. Use the thousands of audio pronunciations to hear how words are spoken. Improve your confidence in writing with helpful grammar and punctuation guides, full thesaurus information, style and usage help, and much more.Discover more on oxforddictionaries.com, Oxford's hub for dictionaries and language reference.
Do you want your child to be just plain Jane? Or any old Tom, Dick, or Harry? Use this dictionary to help you choose a name that you and your child will always be happy with. This revised edition of Babies' Names contains more than 2,500 entries. It gives all names in common use in theEnglish-speaking world, including traditional names from Albert to William, and modern names from Alanda to Zola. The ideal tool for finding inspiration for naming your child, the book also contains 48 pages of appendices which include separate indexes of boys' and girls' names, and thematic indexesfor categories such as Biblical Names, Royal and Aristocratic Names, Pet Forms, and Nicknames. You can also look up the most popular names by year and by region. Whether you choose a name for the sound or for the historical or etymological background, Babies Names will prove an invaluablereference.
The Oxford Names Companion provides all the information that you will need about place and personal names existing within the British Isles. Divided into three sections on Surnames, First Names, and British Place-Names, they showcase the knowledge and detailed information from leading experts in the names field: A Dictionary of Surnames explains the origin and meaning of nearly 70,000 surnames. It covers all the common surnames, and many other rare ones, in the English-speaking worldthat are of European derivation. Also giving information about the history and distribution of names where possible and having sourced advice from specialist consultants for particular areas, such as Jewish names and Celtic languages, this reference work is a systematic comparative survey of names that no other work can offer. A Dictionary of First Names is a comprehensive study of first names providing a collection of linguistic, historical, and associated information about some 7,000 names used within the British Isles. Names form part of an individual's cultural identity and say much about our or our family's origins, and this dictionary reflects the long history of cultural diversity within Britain. A Dictionary of British Place-Names contains place-names of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales to form an impressive collection of around 15,000 British place-names, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day. The names are cited in their original spelling andlanguage, such as Celtic, Old English, Old Scandinavian, and the overall effect of this reference work is that it shows that place-names have an incredible capacity for survival.
The New Oxford Thesaurus of English is a completely new and unique top-of-the-range thesaurus. It is the result of intensive research and exploitation of Oxfords unique bank of linguistic databases. It provides comprehensive coverage of English as it is used today, including World English, and rare, unusual, and colloquial senses. The A-Z format, elegant open design, with new elements starting on a new line, and the most useful alternative words given first, make this thesaurus particularly accessible. Help on how to use senses correctly is given through practical example phrases and the cross-referencing system takes the user to other useful entries. Opposite and related words, and combining forms are clearly marked to distinguish them from the rest of the entry. In-text notes give invaluable advice on the use of awkward and confusable synonyms, and boxed noun lists provide a wealth of information on a wide variety of subjects, from actors and actresses to types of whisky.
A comprehensive survey of European and American first names, includes historical information on each name and its diminuitives and nicknames
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The emphasis is on ease of use. Particular attention has been paid to the vocabulary of GCSE subjects.
Practice material for developing listening and speaking skills within the specific framework of every day business English usage
