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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3 Michael Proffitt

Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3 By Michael Proffitt

Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3 by Michael Proffitt


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Contains 3,000 words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK, America, Australia, and the West Indies. A variety of subjects is covered, including the sciences, finance, literary theory, computing, and sport.

Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3 Summary

Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3 by Michael Proffitt

Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (council tax, Estuary English), North America (affluential, bully pulpit, road-kill), the Caribbean (merino, zouk), Australia (amphometer, beardie), New Zealand (Labour weekend, mokopuna), India (garam masala), the Pacific (arjun), and South Africa (kalkoentjie, Malanite). Subjects covered include politics (linkage, Citizen's Charter), education (National Curriculum), cookery (ciabatta, Quorn), broadcasting (bi-media), literary criticism (post-structuralism), music (bhangra, swingbeat, techno), and sport (basho, clean and jerk, matchup). This volume also features a higher number of entries in scientific fields, including medicine (lentivirus), genetics (antisense), ecology (biodiversity), astronomy (dark matter), chemistry (Orimulsion), and computing (freeware, cyberspace). Please note, this volume is printed with a board cover, and does not include a dust jacket.

About Michael Proffitt

Michael Proffitt is an Associate Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition).

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GOR011233336
9780198600275
0198600275
Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3 by Michael Proffitt
Used - Like New
Hardback
Oxford University Press
1997-07-24
424
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