Volume 3 (Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0198600275 ISBN 13: 9780198600275

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 1997

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"These volumes reflect not only the richness and diversity of the English language, but also its continually evolving nature. All libraries that purchased the OED2 will want to supplement it with this series."--Reference Books Bulletin. "These volumes reflect not only the richness and diversity of the English language, but also its continually evolving nature. All libraries that purchased the OED2 will want to supplement it with this series."--Reference Books Bulletin. "These volumes reflect not only the richness and diversity of the English language, but also its continually evolving nature. All libraries that purchased the OED2 will want to supplement it with this series."--Reference Books Bulletin. "These volumes reflect not only the richness and diversity of the English language, but also its continually evolving nature. All libraries that purchased the OED2 will want to supplement it with this series."--Reference Books Bulletin. "These volumes reflect not only the richness and diversity of the English language, but also its continually evolving nature. All libraries that purchased the OED2 will want to supplement it with this series."--Reference Books Bulletin.

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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.

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• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0198600275
• ISBN 13: 9780198600275
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 424
• Herausgeber: Proffitt M., Simpson John