Dieses ultimative Standardwerk zu allen Fragen der sprachlichen Norm bietet klare Lösungshilfen für Fragen zur Rechtschreibung, Grammatik und Aussprache. Neben britischem Englisch wird auch das amerikanische Englisch berücksichigt. 240 000 Stichwörter und Einträge, davon über 900 neue Wörter. 1728 Seiten. Gebunden.
The market leader - surpasses all other competitors, taking over 75% of the market share, with over 12 million copies sold to date
* Major new edition providing an authoritative, up-to-the-minute description of the English language
* Based on the analysis of hundreds of millions of words of real English from the Oxford English Corpus
* Over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words
* NEW: Word Histories feature telling the often bizarre stories of the origins and development of 100s of words, such as accolade and candid
* NEW: Hundreds of extra notes on grammar and usage covering a wide range of topics, from confusable words (what's the difference between peddle and pedal?) to punctuation (where should a hyphen be used?)
* Appendices including countries and currencies, electronic English, and a Guide to Good English
DESCRIPTION:
Authoritative and up to date, this eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English and scientific and technical vocabulary, as well as rare and archaic terms. In addition there are hundreds of helpful notes on grammar, punctuation, and usage, many of them new to this edition.
New to this edition is a fascinating Word Histories feature, telling the often bizarre stories of the origins and development of 100s of words. For example, did you know that the word grammar is related to glamour, or that cockney used to mean a spoilt child? This dictionary contains full appendices including new sections on electronic English and the registers of language, from formal to slang
The market leader - surpasses all other competitors, taking over 75% of the market share, with over 12 million copies sold to date
* Major new edition providing an authoritative, up-to-the-minute description of the English language
* Based on the analysis of hundreds of millions of words of real English from the Oxford English Corpus
* Over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words
* NEW: Word Histories feature telling the often bizarre stories of the origins and development of 100s of words, such as accolade and candid
* NEW: Hundreds of extra notes on grammar and usage covering a wide range of topics, from confusable words (what's the difference between peddle and pedal?) to punctuation (where should a hyphen be used?)
* Appendices including countries and currencies, electronic English, and a Guide to Good English
DESCRIPTION:
Authoritative and up to date, this eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English and scientific and technical vocabulary, as well as rare and archaic terms. In addition there are hundreds of helpful notes on grammar, punctuation, and usage, many of them new to this edition.
New to this edition is a fascinating Word Histories feature, telling the often bizarre stories of the origins and development of 100s of words. For example, did you know that the word grammar is related to glamour, or that cockney used to mean a spoilt child? This dictionary contains full appendices including new sections on electronic English and the registers of language, from formal to slang