Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series, Vol. 3

Proffitt, Michael [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0198600275 / ISBN 13: 9780198600275

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1997

N° de réf. du vendeur 0198600275-3-35801189

Synopsis :

Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (council tax, Estuary English), North America (affluential, bully pulpit, road-kill), the Caribbean (merino, zouk), Australia (amphometer, beardie), New Zealand (Labour weekend, mokopuna), India (garam masala), the Pacific (arjun), and South Africa (kalkoentjie, Malanite).

Subjects covered include politics (linkage, Citizen's Charter), education (National Curriculum), cookery (ciabatta, Quorn), broadcasting (bi-media), literary criticism (post-structuralism), music (bhangra, swingbeat, techno), and sport (basho, clean and jerk, matchup). This volume also features a higher number of entries in scientific fields, including medicine (lentivirus), genetics (antisense), ecology (biodiversity), astronomy (dark matter), chemistry (Orimulsion), and computing (freeware, cyberspace).

Please note, this volume is printed with a board cover, and does not include a dust jacket.

À propos de l?auteur: Michael Proffitt is an Associate Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series, ...
Éditeur : Oxford University Press
Date d'édition : 1997
Reliure : hardcover
Etat : Good