Product Description
The Oxford English Dictionary 20 Volume Set (2nd edition)
Editor/s: John Simpson and Edmund Weiner
Format: Hardcover
The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It traces the usage of words through 2.4 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of sources worldwide - literary, scholarly, technical, and popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Isabella Beeton.
Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions; detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics.
Features:
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The 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary is an unrivalled guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words
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The Dictionary traces the evolution of over 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world through 2.4 million quotations
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Historical in focus, each of the OED 's entries contain the word's earliest known use, as well as later examples which help plot the word's subsequent development in English
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Its quotations are taken from a broad range of English language sources - from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books
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Elegantly designed for maximum legibility and printed to the highest standards on the finest quality paper.
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