Oed Additions Series : vol. 2

The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, OED Additions Volume 2 contains, 3,000 new words and meanings presented in OED style, and represents work-in-progress from across the alphabetic range.Its contents include: 3,000 new words and senses; cumulative index of volumes 1 and 2; world coverage of English including the UK (exclusion order), North America (enrollee), and Australia (grummet), a wide variety of subjects, including science (superstring), literary theory (epiphanic), and sport (strokeless); all registers of English, including colloquial (everyplace) and slang (dweeb); full historical documentation, and dates of first appearance.

Summary

The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the 2nd edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary", this book contains 3000 new words and meanings representing a variety of work-in-progress from across the alphabetic range.

Product details

• Authors: J. A. Simpson, J.A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, E.S.C. Weiner, John Weiner
• Assisted by: John Simpson (Editor), Edmund Weiner (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.1993
• EAN: 9780198612995
• ISBN: 978-0-19-861299-5
• Series: Dictionnaires; Dictionnaires; Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series; Oxford English Dictionary Addi
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > German dictionaries