The Oxford Companion to the English Language
by Tom McArthur
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A language-lover's dream, The Oxford Companion to the English Language is a thousand-page cornucopia covering virtually every aspect of the English language as well as language in general. The range of topics is remarkable, offering a goldmine of information on writing and speech (including entries on grammar, literary terms, linguistics, rhetoric, and style) as well as on such wider issues as sexist language, bilingual education, child language acquisition, and the history of English. There are biographies of Shakespeare, Noah Webster, Noam Chomsky, James Joyce, and many others who have influenced the shape or study of the language; extended articles on everything from psycho-linguistics to sign language to tragedy; coverage of every nation in which a significant part of the population speaks English as well as virtually every regional dialect and pidgin (from Gullah and Scouse to Cockney and Tok Pisin). In addition, the Companion provides bibliographies for the larger entries, generous cross-referencing, etymologies for headwords, a chronology of English from Roman times to 1990, and an index of people who appear in entries or bibliographies.
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- Title
- The Oxford Companion to the English Language
- Author
- Tom McArthur
- Book Condition
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- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 019214183X
- ISBN 13
- 9780192141835
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- This edition first published
- 1992
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