The Resource The concise Oxford companion to the English language, edited by Tom McArthur
The concise Oxford companion to the English language, edited by Tom McArthur
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The item The concise Oxford companion to the English language, edited by Tom McArthur represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Consists of a compact, authoritative, and up-to-date source of information about the English language. Views English from an international perspective, covering Cockney to Creole and Aboriginal English to South Asian English. Covers a large historical range from Beowulf to Ebonics, Chaucer to Chomsky, and Latin to the World Wide Web. Provides substantial entries on key subjects such as American and British differences, computing, etymology, pidgin, poetry, sexism, Shakespeare's language, and slang. Includes features on place-names, borrowings from other languages, the evolution of the alphabet, and the story of the expression 'OK'
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The concise Oxford companion to the English language
- Title
- The concise Oxford companion to the English language
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Tom McArthur
- Title variation
- Oxford companion to the English language
- Subject
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- Dictionnaires
- Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedias
- Encyclopédies
- English
- English Language
- English philology
- English philology -- Encyclopedias
- Langage et langues -- Encyclopédies
- Language and languages
- Language and languages -- Encyclopedias
- Languages & Literatures
- Ouvrages de référence
- Philologie anglaise -- Encyclopédies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Consists of a compact, authoritative, and up-to-date source of information about the English language. Views English from an international perspective, covering Cockney to Creole and Aboriginal English to South Asian English. Covers a large historical range from Beowulf to Ebonics, Chaucer to Chomsky, and Latin to the World Wide Web. Provides substantial entries on key subjects such as American and British differences, computing, etymology, pidgin, poetry, sexism, Shakespeare's language, and slang. Includes features on place-names, borrowings from other languages, the evolution of the alphabet, and the story of the expression 'OK'
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- BUF
- Dewey number
- 420
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PE31
- LC item number
- .C66 1998b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- encyclopedias
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- McArthur, Tom
- Oxford University Press
- Series statement
- Oxford paperback reference
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- English philology
- Language and languages
- Philologie anglaise
- Langage et langues
- Dictionnaires
- Encyclopédies
- Ouvrages de référence
- English philology
- Language and languages
- English Language
- English
- Languages & Literatures
- Label
- The concise Oxford companion to the English language, edited by Tom McArthur
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 49356842
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780191727023
- Lccn
- 98006736
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)49356842
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The concise Oxford companion to the English language, edited by Tom McArthur
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 49356842
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780191727023
- Lccn
- 98006736
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)49356842
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Dictionnaires
- Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedias
- Encyclopédies
- English
- English Language
- English philology
- English philology -- Encyclopedias
- Langage et langues -- Encyclopédies
- Language and languages
- Language and languages -- Encyclopedias
- Languages & Literatures
- Ouvrages de référence
- Philologie anglaise -- Encyclopédies
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