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  1. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

    Image Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 4ed.jpg thumb LDOCE 4ed Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ISBN 0 582 77646 5 was first published by Longman in 1978 . The dictionary is available in various formats paper with a bundled DVD Rom or freely online. The LDOCE is an Advanced Learner s English dictionary, providing definitions by using a restricted vocabulary, helping non native English speakers to get meanings easily. The free http www.ldoceonline.com LDOCE online has just been updated in its layout and released on the 25th of August 2008. The website offers search with spelling feature, definition, collocations, many examples and pictures. External links http www.longman.com ldoce Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Website of Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English LDOCE ,providing http www.ldoceonline.com free online dictionary service. Dictionaries of English DEFAULTSORT Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English Category British non fiction literature Category British culture Category English dictionaries ref book stub fa ja ...   more details



  1. English language

    Use dmy dates date April 2011 pp semi indef pp move indef Infobox language name English pronunciation IPAc en l ref http www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com dictionary english 2 English ... where English is an official language Sovereign states 54 countries br List of countries where English is an official language Non sovereign entities 27 non sovereign entities br United Nations br ... mapcaption legend 0000ff Countries where English is an official or de facto official language, or national ... it is an official but not primary language notice IPA English is a West Germanic language spoken .... English is an official languages of the European Union official language of the European Union and many ... is now Schleswig Holstein . ref cite web url http www.merriam webster.com dictionary English title ... of English words of African origin African origin. The Oxford English Dictionary lists over ... http www.oxforddictionaries.com page howmanywords title How many words are there in the English Language ... year 1997 author David Graddol publisher The British Council ref English replaced German language ... century. ref Graphics http www.idsia.ch juergen scilang.html English replacing German as language of Science ... 1009.2634 arXiv 1009.2634v1 ref English equalled and may have surpassed French language French as the dominant language of diplomacy during the last half of the 19th century. A working knowledge of English ... Press year 1991 doi 10.2277 0521395658 isbn 0521395658 ref History Main History of the English language English is a West Germanic languages West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo Frisian ... English language resource publisher Anglik.net date accessdate 21 April 2010 ref who Bede believed to have ... and transformed English into a borrowing language more than normally open to accept new words ... and related languages The English language belongs to the Anglo Frisian languages Anglo Frisian sub ... European language Proto Indo European known as Grimm s Law . The closest living relatives of English ...   more details



  1. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary

    An Universal Etymological English Dictionary was a dictionary compiled by Nathan Bailey or Nathaniel Bailey and first published in London in 1721 . It was the most popular English dictionary of the eighteenth century. As an indicator of its popularity it reached its 20th edition in 1763 ref The 20th edition of Bailey s Dictionary, dated 1763, is downloadable at http www.archive.org details universaletymolo00bail Archive.org . ref and its 27th edition in 1794. ref Reported by librarian Philip N. Cronenwett, year 1997, at http www.dartmouth.edu library Library Bulletin Nov1997 Cronenwett.html Dartmouth.edu Library Bulletin , who also reports that in the 18th century Bailey s dictionary was almost universally accepted as the dictionary of choice . ref Its last edition 30th was in 1802. It was a little over 900 pages long. In compiling his dictionary, Bailey borrowed greatly from John Kersey s Dictionarium Anglo Britannicum 1706 , which in turn drew from the later editions of Edward Phillips s The New World of English Words . Like Kersey s dictionary, Bailey s dictionary was one of the first monolingual English dictionaries to focus on defining words in common usage, rather than just difficult words. In 1727, Bailey published a second volume entitled The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Volume II , which coexisted alongside the original volume, and was a supplement to it. Volume II, almost 900 pages, has some duplication or overlap with the original volume, but mostly consists of extra words of lesser circulation. It was not as popular as the original volume. The title ... s in today s English dictionaries. References and external links reflist http www.archive.org details universaletymolo00bailuoft Bailey s English Dictionary , 3rd edition, year 1726 downloadable at Archive.org http www.archive.org details universaletymolo02bailuoft Bailey s English Dictionary ... of English DEFAULTSORT Universal Etymological English Dictionary Category English dictionaries Category ...   more details



  1. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

    The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary , often abbreviated to SOED , is a scaled down version of the Oxford English Dictionary OED . It comprises two volumes rather than the twenty needed for the full second ..., http ukcatalogue.oup.com product 9780199206872.do Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Sixth Edition ... took over from the Philological Society on what was then known as A New English Dictionary on Historical ... of the Bible . ref Oxford University Press, The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Fourth Edition, 1993, Preface ref As a historical dictionary, it includes obsolete words if they are used by major ... University Press, The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Sixth Edition, 2007, Preface to the sixth ... Oxford English Dictionary. ref name SOED6preface Angus Stevenson, Editing editor of the Shorter ...?sp true Reuters, Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on Retrieved 18 May 2008 ref Electronic versions The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is available on CD ROM for Windows ... Oxford English Dictionary 6th Edition on CD ROM ref Version 3.0 of that CD ROM is copy protected using SecuROM . The dictionary is also available as an electronic download Plug in computing plug ... Oxford English Dictionary ref and for Mac OS X. ref WordWeb Software, Macintosh version http www.wordwebsoftware.com mac SOED.html Shorter Oxford English Dictionary ref In addition to all of the contents ... under the name The Oxford Universal Dictionary . A reset version of the third edition, with new ... published in 1983 by Book Club Associates in the United States as the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary . The whole text was completely revised for the fourth edition, which was published in 1993 as the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary under the editorship of Lesley Brown. The book aims to include all English words which had substantial currency after 1700, plus the vocabulary of Shakespeare ... http www.msnbc.msn.com id 20925013 archivedate 2009 10 09 title MSNBC, Hyphens perish as English ...   more details



  1. American language

    American language may refer to American English , the English language as spoken in the United States Generically, one of the many indigenous languages of the Americas The American Language , a dictionary about American English. disambig ...   more details



  1. Dictionary of the Scots Language

    ref improve date December 2011 wikify date December 2011 The Dictionary of the Scots Language DSL lang sco Dictionar o the Scots Leid is an online Scots language Scots English language English dictionary, now run by Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd , a charity and limited company. The dictionary is freely available on the internet and comprises the two major dictionaries of the Scots language the 12 volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue DOST the 10 volume Scottish National Dictionary SND DOST contains information about Older Scots words in use from the 12th to the end of the 17th centuries Early Scots Early and Middle Scots and SND contains information about Scots words in use from 1700 to the 1970s Modern Scots . Together these 22 volumes provide a comprehensive History of the Scots language history of Scots . The SND Bibliography and the DOST Register of Titles have also been digitised and can be searched in the same way as the main data files. A new supplement, compiled by Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd, was added in 2005. The digitisation project, which ran from February 2001 to January 2004, was based at the University of Dundee , with some financial additional support from the Scottish Executive , the Arts and Humanities Research Board , Scottish Language Dictionaries ... was directed by Victor Skretkowicz and edited by Susan Rennie. See also Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd Scottish National Dictionary Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue External links http www.dsl.ac.uk dsl Dictionary of the Scots Language http www.scotsdictionaries.org.uk Scottish Language ... of the Scottish National Dictionary Association at the National Library of Scotland Category Internet properties established in 2001 Category Online dictionaries Scots Language Category Archives in Scotland Category Scottish non fiction literature Category Scots language is Dictionary of the Scots Language sco Dictionar o the Scots Leid ...   more details



  1. Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English

    The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English is a one volume dictionary published by Oxford University Press . It is intended for a family or upper secondary school readership. The third edition revised , published in 2008, has 1,264 pages, somewhat smaller than the Concise Oxford English Dictionary , and should not be confused with the Compact single and two volume photo reduced editions of the multi volume Oxford English Dictionary Compact editions Oxford English Dictionary . References cite book isbn 978 0 19 953296 4 title Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English date 19 June 2008 edition 3rd first Catherine last Soanes coauthors Sara Hawker publisher Oxford University Press External links http ukcatalogue.oup.com product 9780199532964.do Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English from the OUP catalogue DEFAULTSORT Compact Oxford English Dictionary Of Current English Category Oxford dictionaries Category English dictionaries ref book stub ...   more details



  1. Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language

    Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language lang ru is a lexicograph ic group name for dictionaries. The definition explanatory dictionary explanatory word does not necessarily appear in the title name of these vocabularies. Among the most known explanatory dictionaries of the Russian language are Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language , also known as Dahl s Explanatory Dictionary 4 volumes, published in the Russian Empire , 1st edition in 1863 1866 Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language Ushakov Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language, ed. by prof. Ushakov 4 volumes, published in USSR in 1935 1940 Dictionary of the Russian Language Ozhegov Dictionary of the Russian Language, ed. by prof. Ozhegov 1 volume, published in USSR , 1st edition in 1949 disambiguation Category Russian dictionaries ru ...   more details



  1. English American

    by Thomas Jefferson. Language Main American English Image English USC2000 PHS.svg thumb right 270px English language distribution in the United States. The English have contributed greatly to American life. Today, English is the most commonly spoken language in the U.S, where it is estimated that two ...pp move indef Infobox Ethnic group group English American image File English Americans.png 295px caption ... and Religion in the United States other minorities . related Americans American ethnicity English people English Canadian s British American s English Americans occasionally known as Anglo Americans ... is high, and many, if not most, people from English stock have a tendency to identify simply as American ... heritage are often seen as simply American due to the many cultural ties between the two countries ... American society is so difficult to describe as a separate entity as the English. English ... English 48.7 African American African 20.0 Scot Irish American Scot Irish 7.8 German American German ... American British total 74.3 English people English 60.9 Scot Irish American Scot Irish Scottish American ... small style background efefef of br total English 1,900,000 47.5 German American German 42,885,162 ... English 24,515,138 8.7 Scottish American Scottish 160,000 4.0 Mexican American Mexican 20,640,711 7.3 ... ethnicity, Americans of English descent may choose to identify themselves as just American ethnicity ... abroad html default.stm Brits Abroad ref By American definition there are around 540,000 English ... and west see also Maps of American ancestries . Center, a map showing the population of English ... that English immigrants had little difficulty in assimilating to American life. The American ... century. Throughout American history, English immigrants and their descendants have been prominent ... Only 0.8 speak no English at all as compared with 3.6 in 1890. American English is different from ... to effective communication between an American English and a British English speaker, but there are certainly ...   more details



  1. New Oxford American Dictionary

    Infobox Book name New Oxford American Dictionary image File NOAD3.jpg 250px image caption author Angus Stevenson editor br Christine A. Lindberg editor subject Dictionary of American English publisher ... 978 0195392883 The New Oxford American Dictionary NOAD is a single volume dictionary of American English compiled by American editors at the Oxford University Press . NOAD is based upon the New Oxford Dictionary of English NODE , published in the United Kingdom in 1998, although with substantial ... analysis of Oxford s 200 million word database of contemporary American English . NOAD includes a Pronunciation respelling for English diacritical respelling scheme to convey pronunciations, in addition ... a CD ROM with the full text of the dictionary for Palm OS devices. Since 2005 Apple Inc. s Mac OS X operating system has come bundled with a Dictionary software dictionary application and Widget computing widget which credits as its source Oxford American Dictionaries , and contains the full text of NOAD2. The Amazon Kindle reading device also uses NOAD as its built in dictionary, along with a choice for the Oxford Dictionary of English . Oxford University Press published NOAD2 in electronic ... ref and in 2010, along with the Oxford Dictionary of English , as part of Oxford ... Oxford English Dictionary OED Shorter Oxford English Dictionary SOED Oxford Dictionary of English ODE Concise Oxford English Dictionary COED Australian Oxford Dictionary AOD Canadian Oxford Dictionary ... American Dictionary, First Edition , Elizabeth J. Jewell and Frank R. Abate editors , 2192 pages, September 2001, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0 19 511227 X. The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second ... 6. The New Oxford American Dictionary, Third Edition , Angus Stevenson and Christine A. Lindberg editors ... publicstart The New Oxford American Dictionary , Second Edition website Dictionaries ... Oxford American Dictionary ja ...   more details



  1. Dictionary of the Russian Language (Ozhegov)

    Infobox book name Dictionary of the Russian Language title orig image File Russian dictionary.jpg 240px image caption Cover of 1990 edition author Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov country USSR language Russian subject General genre Reference work Reference encyclopedia publisher M. O. Wolf release date 1949 and on media type 1 volume hardbound Dictionary of the Russian Language is an explanatory dictionary of the Russian language . The first edition 1949 under the editorship of Ozhegov contained about 57,000 words its 21st edition 1990 counted 70,000 word entries. ref name BSE Sl http slovari.yandex.ru . ref From 1992 the dictionary is released with the names of two co authors, Ozhegov and Shvedova. Editions The immediate predecessor of this dictionary was the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language Ushakov Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language under the editorship of academician Dmitry Ushakov 1873 ... for the next publication of an explanatory dictionary passed to professor Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov 1900 1964 , one of the co editors of Ushakov s Dictionary. Given the acute shortage of material resources after the war, and pursuing the goal to accelerate the release of a new dictionary, it was decided ... of vocabulary was also drastically modified, reflecting the changes in language which occurred in the last decade the first volume of Ushakov s dictionary was signed for printing in 1935 . The compilation of new dictionary was finished by 1949. This first edition of Ozhegov s Dictionary contained ... to the 13th 1981 and to the 16th edition 1984 . From 1992 the dictionary is released with the names of two authors, Ozhegov and Shvedova. The 4th edition of Ozhegov Shvedova dictionary was printed ... External links http www.vedu.ru ExpDic On line Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language ...   more details



  1. Dictionary of the Irish Language

    Dictionary of the Irish Language Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials also called the DIL , published by the Royal Irish Academy , is the definitive dictionary of the origins of the Irish language , specifically the Old Irish language Old Irish and Middle Irish language Middle Irish stages the modern language is not included. The original idea for a comprehensive dictionary of early Irish was conceived in 1852 by the two preeminent Irish linguists of the time, John O Donovan scholar John O Donovan and Eugene O Curry however, it was more than sixty years until the first Fascicle book fascicle the letter D as far as the word lang mga deg ir , compiled by Carl J. S. Marstrander was published in 1913. It was more than sixty years again until the final fascicle only one page long and consisting of words beginning with H was published in 1976 under the editorship of E. G. Quin . The full dictionary comprises about 2500 pages, but a compact edition four original pages photoreduced onto one page was published in 1983 ISBN 0 901714 29 1 , and the decision was made to discontinue printing the full size edition. A web site has been established to permit scholars to submit annotations for the DIL. ref http www.pacdil.org aboutpacdil.phtml PACDIL ref As a result of a project started in 2003, ref http ahds.ac.uk ictguides projects project.jsp?projectId 247 Digitisation of the dictionary of the Irish language ref ref http www.arts.ulster.ac.uk lanlit irish research projects edilnews.html University of Ulster, eDIL Progress Updated 27 April 2006 ref the DIL is available online at http www.dil.ie eDIL . The online edition was launched in the Royal Irish Academy on the 27 June 2007 ... reflist External links http www.dil.ie Dictionary of the Irish Language Category Irish dictionaries Category 1976 books be Dictionary of the Irish Language ca Diccionari de la Llengua Irlandesa ru Dictionary of the Irish Language ...   more details



  1. Language for specific purposes dictionary

    A language for specific purposes dictionary is a dictionary that intends to describe a variety of one or more languages used by experts within a particular subject field. The discipline that deals with LSP dictionaries is usually called specialised lexicography and is a branch of lexicography . LSP dictionaries and users As described in Bergenholtz Tarp 1995, LSP dictionaries are often made for users who are already specialists with a subject field experts , but may also be made for semi experts and for users who may be laypeople relative to a particular subject field. In contrast to LSP dictionaries, LGP l anguage for g eneric p urposes dictionaries are made to be used by an average user. LSP dictionaries may have one or more functions. LSP dictionaries may have communicative functions such as help users to translate texts, help users to understand texts and help users to produce texts. Dictionaries may also have cognitive functions such as help users to develop knowledge in general or about ... verb. Different types of LSP dictionary According to Nielsen 1994, LSP dictionaries may cover one language monolingual LSP dictionaries or two languages bilingual LSP dictionaries , and occasionally more languages. An LSP dictionary that attempts to cover as much of the vocabulary in a subject field as possible is called a maximizing dictionary , and an LSP dictionary that attempts to cover a limited number of terms within a subject field is called a minimizing dictionary . Also, Nielsen 1994 distinguishes between the following types of dictionaries An LSP dictionary that covers more than one subject field is called a multi field dictionary , an LSP dictionary that covers one subject field e.g. a dictionary of law is called a single field dictionary , and an LSP dictionary that covers part of a subject field e.g. a dictionary of contract law is called a sub field dictionary . Relevant literature Sandro Nielsen 1994 The Bilingual LSP Dictionary , Gunter Narr Verlag. Henning Bergenholtz ...   more details



  1. Explanatory dictionary of the Georgian language

    Orphan date September 2011 Explanatory dictionary of the Georgian language Georgian is one of the major explanatory dictionaries of the Georgian language . It consists of 8 volumes and about 115 thousand words. The Editor in chief was Arnold Chikobava . It had been producing since 1950 until 1964. About 150 scientist were working on that. This is the first Georgian dictionary which had a systematic documentation on each word. The words are sorted by alphabet. Category Dictionaries Category Georgian dictionaries Category 1950 books ka ...   more details



  1. American/English

    Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name American English Type Album Artist Acoustic Alchemy Cover AAAmericanEnglish.jpg Released March 29, 2005 small USA small br April 11, 2005 small UK small Recorded 2005 at br Higher Ground Studios, London , UK br Hansa Haus Studios, Bonn , Germany Genre Smooth Jazz Length 48 45 Label Higher Octave Music br 72435 79755 2 0 Producer Richard Bull dn br Greg Carmichael br Miles Gilderdale Last album 14th br Radio Contact br 2003 This album 15th br American English br 2005 Next album 16th br This Way Acoustic Alchemy album This Way br 2007 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 4 5 ref Allmusic class album id r732241 ref American English is Acoustic Alchemy s fourth album release on the Higher Octave Music label, and contains eleven tracks, making it also their shortest album with the label to date. The album was preceded by single Say Yeah for smooth jazz radio in the USA, an offering in a hip hop style, remarked by some to be similar in style to British urban singer songwriter Craig David . Experimental attributes include digital processing on Carmichael s guitar, which cut off the ends of each note, and scat style vocals from Gilderdale toward the end of the track. Other highlights include The Detroit Shuffle , reminiscent of 1989 s Catalina Kiss from the Blue Chip Acoustic Alchemy album Blue Chip album. The track fused a vibrant melody with the shuffle rhythm which helped seal the band s popularity in the genre towards the end of the 1980s. This is the first of Acoustic Alchemy s albums to include EMI s Copy Control technique, designed to prevent illegal reproduction and audio ripping of the disc. Such controls only exist on the commercial release of the album the promo only copies do not contain any copy protection ... Hill Carmichael Gilderdale 3 27 7 She Speaks American English Carmichael Gilderdale 4 44 8 Lilac ... 2000s jazz album stub ko American English ...   more details



  1. Historical Dictionary of American Slang

    refimprove date June 2011 The Historical Dictionary of American Slang , often abbreviated HDAS , is a dictionary of American slang . The first two volumes, Volume 1, A G 1994 , and Volume 2, H O 1997 , were published by Random House , and the work then was known as the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang , sometimes abbreviated as RHHDAS . Both volumes used the same ISBN , ISBN 0 394 54427 7 the paperback editions are ISBN 978 0394544274 for Volume 1 and ISBN 978 0679434641 for Volume 2. When Random House discontinued publication, Oxford University Press announced in 2003 that it would publish the two remaining volumes, Volume 3, P S Part 1 , ISBN 978 0195174182, and Volume 4, S Part 2 Z ref Historical Dictionary of American Slang Project History. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from the Oxford University Press website http www.oup.com us collections slang history ?view usa ref Each entry includes representative quotations, including the earliest quotation using the word. HDAS is edited by Dr. Jonathan E. Lighter , of the University of Tennessee . Dictionaries of English Reflist DEFAULTSORT Historical Dictionary Of American Slang Category English dictionaries Category Slang Category Random House books Category Oxford University Press books ...   more details



  1. The American Language

    Image The American Language title page 1921 .PNG thumb 1921 title page The American Language , first published in 1919, is H. L. Mencken s book about American English the English language as spoken in the United States . Mencken was inspired by the argot of the colored waiters in Washington, as well as one of his favorite authors, Mark Twain , and his experiences on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore . In 1902, Mencken remarked on the queer words which go into the making of United States. The book was preceded by several columns in The Baltimore Sun The Evening Sun . Mencken eventually asked Why doesn t some painstaking pundit attempt a grammar of the American language... English, that is, as spoken ... http www.bartleby.com 185 The American Language An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States http books.google.com books?id XbZIAAAAMAAJ&dq intitle american intitle language ... answered his own question. In the tradition of Noah Webster , who wrote the first American dictionary, Mencken wanted to defend Americanisms against a steady stream of English critics, who usually isolated ... grammar of these critics and American schoolmarms , arguing, like Samuel Johnson in the preface to his dictionary, that language evolves independently of textbooks. The book discusses the beginnings of American variations from British English English , the spread of these variations, American names and slang over the course of its 374 pages. According to Mencken, American English was more ... 0&source gbs navlinks s The American Language 1921 Google edition DEFAULTSORT American Language, The Category 1919 books Category American English Category American culture Category Books by H. L. Mencken Category Linguistics books bn ca The American Language es The American Language eo The American Language fr The American Language it The American Language la The American Language hu Az amerikai nyelv fi The American Language sv The American Language zh ...   more details



  1. Dictionary of American Biography

    The Dictionary of American Biography was published in New York City by Charles Scribner s Sons under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies . The first edition was published in 20 volumes from 1928 to 1936. These 20 volumes contained 15,000 biographies. ref name anb Cite ANB Preface volume 1 ref In 1946, the 20 volumes were released as a ten volume set, with each of the ten volumes divided into two parts Part 1 and Part 2 corresponding to two volumes of the first edition combined into one, the page numbering of the first edition being retained. In addition, ten supplementary volumes were published, the additional biographies covering up through 1980. The supplements were published from 1944 to 1995. The last two supplements were issued under the publisher s responsibility, while the first eight supplements were issued under the responsibility of the American Council of Learned Societies. Noted omissions Sojourner Truth , Charles Guiteau , Scott Joplin , Joe Hill and Martha Washington among others. ref name anb No biographies of living people were done, and some period of residence in the United States was required. Major funding for the project, 500,000, was received from The New York Times Corporation, owned by Adolph Ochs . Ochs exercised no editorial control. The successor of the Dictionary is American National Biography . References reflist Dictionary of American Biography ref book stub Category United States biographical dictionaries Category History books about the United States ...   more details



  1. Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language of the Language Center

    The Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language of the Language Center Indonesian Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Pusat Bahasa abbreviated in English and Indonesian as KBBI is the official dictionary of the Indonesian language . Produced by the Language Center of the Indonesian Department of Education , it is considered canonical as a measure of which words have been formally incorporated into Indonesian. The dictionary was first published in 1988, and launched at the Congress on the Indonesian Language. The first edition contained 62,000 entries, the second in 1991 had 72,000, and the third in 2000 had 78,000. The current, fourth edition was released in 2008 and contains 90,000 entries. The language contained within is formal, rather than the informal language used in common conversation, and it omits words that are considered slang or foreign. The authors note blockquote the compilation of a dictionary constitutes an effort of language codification which becomes part of standardization of a language. blockquote ref http www.thejakartapost.com news 2009 02 15 a sophistication unfolds a new dictionary.html A sophistication unfolds in a new dictionary Nikolaos van Dam, Jakarta Post 15 02 2009 ref . The dictionary has been criticised for being too selective, and excluding words that are in common use. ref Ibid ref Continual work is done towards future versions, to ensure the dictionary remains relevant to changes in the Indonesian language, and the authors are open to criticism and advice on how the work might accurately reflect Indonesian. ref Ibid ref Writing in the Jakarta Post , Setiono Sugiharto states the blockquote KBBI should be appreciated as a byproduct of work by Indonesian scholars who persistently show their commitment to the development of the Indonesian lexicon blockquote ref http www.thejakartapost.com news 2009 04 04 kbbi039 praise critique a language user.html KBBI Praise, critique from a language user , Setiono Sugiharto, Jakarta Post 04 04 2009 ref An online ...   more details



  1. Merriam?Webster's Dictionary of English Usage

    Merriam&ndash Webster s Dictionary of English Usage is a usage dictionary published by Merriam Webster , Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts . It is currently available in a reprint edition 1994 ISBN 0 87779 132 5 or ISBN 978 0877791324. The 1989 edition did not include Merriam&ndash in the title. It was added as part of the rebranding campaign to emphasize the differences between Merriam&ndash Webster s dictionaries and Webster s Dictionary The name Webster used by others dictionaries of other publishers using the generic trademark Webster s . The book has been praised by language experts. Stan Carey at Sentence First concludes that it operates in such a thorough and unbiased way is what elevates MWDEU so far above the ordinary. Each entry is presented in a much broader context than is typically the case in books that advise on English usage and style. ref http stancarey.wordpress.com 2009 03 30 in praise of a reference book mwdeu In praise of a reference book MWDEU Sentence First March 30th, 2009 ref It is critically acclaimed by linguist Geoffrey Pullum , who calls it the best usage book I know of... utterly wonderful. ref see http itre.cis.upenn.edu myl languagelog archives 001803.html Geoffrey K. Pullum at January 15, 2005 ref It is known for its historical scholarship, analysis, use of examples, and descriptive approach. It has more than 2,300 entries, and includes more than 20,000 quotations from prominent writers. ref see http www.merriam webster.com cgi bin book.pl?usage.htm ... intitle Webster s intitle Dictionary intitle of intitle English intitle Usage&lr &as drrb is q&as minm .... A concise version is also available. Notes references See also A Dictionary of Modern English Usage The Cambridge Guide to English Usage Garner s Modern American Usage List of English words with disputed usage Dictionaries of English DEFAULTSORT Merriam Webster s Dictionary Of English Usage Category Style guides for American English Category English dictionaries ling stub ...   more details



  1. Kenky?sha's New Japanese-English Dictionary

    English language words due to the social and cultural influence of the American occupation of Japan ...Since its first publication in 1918, Nihongo Kenky sha s New Japanese English Dictionary Shin wa ei daijiten has been the largest and most authoritative Japanese dictionary Japanese and English dictionaries Japanese English dictionary ever published. Translators , scholars , and specialists who use the Japanese language affectionately refer to this dictionary as the Green Goddess or GG because of its distinctive dark green cover. The fifth edition of Kenky sha s New Japanese English Dictionary ... edition of the Kenky sha s New Japanese English Dictionary , the Nihongo Takenobu s Japanese English Dictionary Takenobu wa ei daijiten , named after the editor in chief, Nihongo Takenobu ... Japanese English dictionary of the time, cemented Kenky sha s reputation in the field of academic publishing . In 1931, Kenky sha undertook a major revision in the dictionary by expanding upon former ... nature of the Japanese and English languages, competition from two other major dictionaries released in the 1920s, Takehara s Japanese English Dictionary and Sait s Japanese English Dictionary , both ... English Dictionary . During World War II, reputable institutions in the United States and Great Britain ... into a more scholarly work by pulling English language expressions from English texts, particularly ... on American government titles a chart on pronouncing Japanese kanji in Chinese language Chinese charts ... Citations Reflist References Koh Masuda, editor, Kenky sha s New Japanese English Dictionary , fifth ... and sentences , nearly all of which are accompanied by English translations. The editors in chief ... print edition, the dictionary is also available on CD ROM EPWING format , online, in electronic dictionary and iPhone versions. Electronic dictionaries that contain the fifth edition are generally ... electronic dictionary with GG and SR G10000, and the Casio University Student series XD B9800 in 2011 ...   more details



  1. List of English Heritage properties

    Infobox organization name English Heritage image2 File EnglishHeritageLogo.svg 180px formation 1983 status Non departmental public body headquarters region served England leader title Leadership leader name Simon Thurley budget website http www.english heritage.org.uk english heritage.org.uk remarks Main English Heritage English Heritage officially the Historic Building and Monuments Commission for England . ref http www.english heritage.org.uk about who we are Who We Are About Us English Heritage ref is an executive non departmental public body of the Her Majesty s Government British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport DCMS . By caring for the built environment , English Heritage complements the work of Natural England which aims to protect the natural environment . It has a broad remit of managing the historic built environment of England and advises the relevant ... England National Monuments Record NMR . This page provides a list of English Heritage Properties ... property in the care of English Heritage . NOTOC id toc class collapsible toc summary Contents ... Architecture of England Category English Heritage Category Lists of buildings and structures in England English Heritage Properties in England fr Liste des propri t s de l English Heritage ... Heritage Act 1983 . Its functions for maintaining ancient monuments had previously been ... which was the successor to the Ministry of Works United Kingdom Ministry of Works . English Heritage s best known role is as the steward of over 400 significant historical and archaeological ... in the English Civil War in 1646 Bristol & Bath class wikitable sortable width 100 width ... Castle and Wolvesey Castle. The palace was destroyed in 1644 after the English Civil War. Calshot ... English country house Country House 1804 Complete File Northington Grange Hampshire.JPG ... assaulted the Bishop Henry in 1141. The castle was destroyed by Roundheads during the English ...   more details



  1. Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary

    Nelson Japanese English Character Dictionary may refer to The New Nelson Japanese English Character Dictionary The Nelson Japanese English Character Dictionary disambig ...   more details



  1. The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary

    unreferenced date June 2010 Nihongo The New Nelson Japanese English Character Dictionary Shinpan Neruson Kan Ei jiten is a kanji dictionary published for English language English speakers in mind. It is an updated version of the original dictionary authored by Andrew N. Nelson, The Modern Reader s Japanese English Character Dictionary . The primary change in the new version is the adoption of the traditional 214 Kangxi radicals as the dictionary s main indexing method. The dictionary also features two additional indices the Universal Radical Index and the on kun index. The dictionary uses r maji throughout. On yomi readings of the kanji are denoted by small caps and kun yomi by italics. Okurigana are separated by parentheses. The New Nelson contains about 7,000 entries, many of which are actually variant characters. Every character has index numbers into the Dai Kan Wa jiten Morohashi dictionary and the Japanese JIS X 0208 standard if they exist. All characters are prioritized by their J y kanji J y simplifications, however traditional forms are provided for every one. Asahi characters Non standard simplifications are not included in the variants of a character, however those characters do point to the main entry. DEFAULTSORT New Nelson Japanese English Character Dictionary Category Japanese dictionaries Ref book stub ...   more details



  1. Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary

    The Welsh Academy English Welsh Dictionary lang cy Geiriadur yr Academi is the most comprehensive English language English Welsh language Welsh dictionary ever published. It is the product of many years work by the editors Bruce Griffiths and Dafydd Glyn Jones . The dictionary was published in 1995, with a second edition published in September 2003. The complete volume comprising over 1700 pages pp. lxxxi 1710 was published by the University of Wales Press on behalf of Literature Wales The Welsh Academy . It contains a large number of Welsh words and new terms in the fields of science , technology , computing , commerce , education , etc. Publishing details Geiriadur yr Academi University of Wales Press, 1995 new edition September 2003 . ISBN 978 0 7083 1186 8 Category English bilingual dictionaries Category Welsh dictionaries cy Geiriadur yr Academi ...   more details




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