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Oxford American Dictionary
Erin McKean
Produced by Oxford's American Dictionaries Program, and drawing on the expertise of scores of American scholars and advisors, The New Oxford American Dictionary sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country.
Oxford University Press
May 2005
2096 pages ISBN: 0195170776 Hardcover
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Here is the most accurate and richly descriptive picture of
American English ever offered in any dictionary. Oxford's
American editors drew on our 200-million-word databank of
contemporary North American English, plus the unrivaled
citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English
Dictionary. We started with American evidence--an
unparalleled resource unique to Oxford. Our staff logged
more than 50 editor-years, checking every entry and every
definition. Oxford's ongoing North American Reading
Program, begun in the early 1980s, keeps our lexicographers
in touch with fresh evidence of our language and usage--in
novels and newspapers, in public records and magazines, and
on-line, too. To provide unprecedented clarity, the entries are organized
around core meanings, reflecting the way people think about
words and eliminating the clutter and confusion of a
traditional dictionary entry. Each entry plainly shows the
major meaning or meanings of the word, plus any related
senses, arranged in intuitive constellations of connected
meanings. Definitions are supplemented by illustrative, in-
context examples of actual usage. This major new edition of The New Oxford American
Dictionary includes a guide to the pronunciations on every
page, a new etymology essay by Anatoly Liberman, completely
updated and revised maps, and more than a thousand new
entries, covering everything new in our language from low-
carb to warblog and beyond. This edition of The New Oxford American Dictionary also
includes a lexicographical first--a portable version of the
entire dictionary that can be downloaded to your PDA or
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be at a loss for words. The New Oxford American Dictionary is designed to serve the
user clearly, simply, and quickly, with the precise
guidance you expect from Oxford University Press. With in-
depth and up-to-date coverage that all users need and
expect--for reading and study, for technical terms, for
language guidance--it continues the tradition of
scholarship and lexicographic excellence that are the
hallmarks of every Oxford dictionary.
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