Dictionaries

For blurb see Vol I: 8128479Reviews'The scholarship here is impeccable ... the entries in this volume are rare and esoteric, so the volume itself would be an essential purchase only for those libraries that support PhD programs in linguistics or the...

History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611229783Author Martin R GittermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 109Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 196g

This dictionary deals with the little words which everyone uses every day without even noticing them and which are so liable to escape the grasp of a speaker of another language - clipped words, obtained by back-clipping or apocope (the dropping of one...

Written in straightforward, jargon-free language, A Concise Dictionary of Comics guides students, researchers, readers, and educators of all ages and at all levels of comics expertise. It provides them with a dictionary that doubles as a compendium of...

R. A. Steindler was researching a book about guns when he realized that many gun terms were used differently by various writers and sometimes included conflicting definitions, errors, and misconceptions. To fill an obvious need for one consistent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551521510Author A.D. PeterkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp PressWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789881613981Author Todd CrowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788120751927Author Sterling PublishersFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdPublisher Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdWeight(grams)...

The Devil's Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and humorist who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806529240Author John DeweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Philosophical LibraryPublisher Philosophical LibraryWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm)...

This up-to-date standard reference is a must-have for every mariner's bookshelf. Acronyms and cross-references to related terms give the reader a full picture of how the many words and phrases are related. Compiled by Captain Jeffery W. Monroe and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780071816649Author VoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 864Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,USPublisher McGraw-Hill Education - EuropeWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375720055Author Random HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm)...

Dip into the Dictionary of American Regional English and enter the rich, endlessly entertaining, ever-changing world of American speech. Learn what a Minnesota grandma is making when she fixes lefse, what a counterman in a Buffalo deli means by...

Written in straightforward, jargon-free language, A Concise Dictionary of Comics guides students, researchers, readers, and educators of all ages and at all levels of comics expertise. It provides them with a dictionary that doubles as a compendium of...

Every page in this new volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English makes it wonderfully clear that regional expressions still flourish throughout the United States.Depending on where you live, your conversation may include such beguiling terms...

Spanning the period from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries, The Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology contains almost six hundred individually-signed entries from a global team of contributors and offers an...

This dictionary is the first published compilation by the Squamish Nation of Skwxwu7mesh Snichim, one of ten Coast Salish languages. The Squamish peoples' traditional homeland includes the territory around Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, B.C.), Howe Sound, and...

Volume I of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), published to wide acclaim in 1985, captured the wondrous variety and creativeness of American folk words and expressions and tickled the imagination of lovers of language around the world...

History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451219053Author Philip D. MoreheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 848Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 391gDimensions(mm) 175mm * 106mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802218292Author Harry E WedeckFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Philosophical LibraryPublisher Philosophical LibraryWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm)...

Every era of the twentieth century from the "Roaring Twenties" to the "Me Decade" brought its own fads and trends and the language to go with them: fresh youth slang, up-to-the-minute buzzwords, and colorful catch phrases. Most of this new vocabulary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618083497Author Ramon F. AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 16mm

By arranging frequently used characters under the phonetic element they have in common, rather than only under their radical, the Dictionary encourages the student to link characters according to their phonetic. The system of cross-referencing then...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947514201Author Kathy Ann BarneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 648Imprint St. Clair PublicationsPublisher St. Clair PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806529363Author Bertrand RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Philosophical LibraryPublisher Philosophical LibraryWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595010202Author Jay J SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 9mm

Compiled by two internationally renowned experts, and with over 600 wide-ranging and informative entries, The Routledge Dictionary of Judaism provides the reader with an invaluable reference aid to all areas of the religion. Topics covered include:*The...

Around 1700 AD the Lacandon Maya took refuge in the forest lowlands of Chiapas, Mexico, and in western Peten, Guatemala. They were never conquered by the Spanish and thus maintained many of their cultural practices well into the twentieth century. Their...

This book, now in its third edition, is still the most uniquely comprehensive resource for finding word parts needed to express a concept. Along with aiding vocabulary expansion, this dictionary provides guidance to those who may be interested in...

Communication Activities for the Classroom In the Student's Book, students learn how to do things with English: how to persuade a friend, how to apologize, how to complain, and so on. After each function is presented, students learn to understand a...

Allusions form a colourful extension to the English language, drawing on our collective knowledge of literature, mythology, and the Bible to give us a literary shorthand for describing people, places, and events. So a cunning crook is an Artful Dodger, a...

The internationally bestselling tool to support writing and spelling. Have you ever looked for giraffe under 'j'? This is the dictionary for you! This newly revised and updated edition of the...

This unique collection of data includes concise definitions and explanations relating to all aspects of the European Union. It explains the terminology surrounding the EU, and outlines the roles and significance of its institutions, member countries,...

Taking inspiration from the classic text by Raymond Williams, Keywords in Criminology reflects on the language used by criminologists and offers a one-stop guide to core concepts in the discipline. Written for the budding Criminology student, it offers a...