The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

by P. H. Matthews

Overview

The third edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics is an authoritative and invaluable reference source covering every aspect of its wide-ranging field. In 3,250 entries the Dictionary spans grammar, phonetics, semantics, languages (spoken and written), dialects, and sociolinguistics. Clear examples - and diagrams where appropriate - help to convey the meanings of even the most technical terms. It also incorporates entries on key scholars of linguistics, both ancient and modern, summarising their specialisms and achievements. With existing entries thoroughly revised and updated, and the addition of 100 new entries, this new edition expands its coverage of semantics, as well as recently emerging terminology within, for example, syntactic theory and sociolinguistics. Wide-ranging and with clear definitions, it is the ideal reference for students and teachers in language-related courses, and a great introduction to linguistics for the general reader with an interest in language and its study.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780191079016
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 03/13/2014
Series: Oxford Quick Reference
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: NOOK Book
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Peter Matthews is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. His many publications include Inflectional Morphology (1972), Morphology (2nd ed. 1991), Generative Grammar and Linguistic Competence (1979), Syntax (1981), Grammatical Theory in the United States from Bloomfield to Chomsky (1993), A Short History of Structural Linguistics (2001), Syntactic Relations: A Critical Survey (2007), Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction (2003), and The Positions of Adjectives in English (2014).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Note on the Third Edition
Directory of Symbols
Dictionary

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Anonymous More than 1 year ago
I love the layout and overall content of the ebook. But I was very disappointed to find numerous missing characters/symbols. Apparently, the OCR program didn't recognize the characters and replaced them with a generic box. I brought this to B&N's attention. Their response: the publisher designed the ebook that way and B&N has no control over the format. Doesn't the published proof-read their ebooks? And, if they do, does the publisher simply consider the book to be good enough for ereaders? All those missing characters render the book marginally useful, at best. I certainly expect more from a reference book.