The Oxford companion to the English language
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Author
Contributions
- McArthur, Tom - Contributor
Publication
1992 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
296,000 words, Guess
Page Count
1,184 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1339726M
- ISBN-10019214183X
- OCLC Control Number26441531
- OCLC Control Numberoxfordcompaniont00mcar
- Library of Congress Control Number92224249
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- Goodreads1475207
- LibraryThing2987932
Classifications
- DDC420/.3
- LCCPE31 .O84 1992
Alternate Titles
- English language.
Description
Thirty-five hundred entries offer information of writing and speech, linguistics, rhetoric, literary terms, and related topics. Contains a chronology of English and Roman times to 1990, and an index of people who appear in entries, and biographies of influential figures such as Noah Webster and Noam Chomsky.
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