The Oxford companion to the English language /
The Oxford companion to the English language /
Companion to the English language
editor, Tom McArthur ; managing editor, Feri McArthur.
- xxvii, 1184 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thirty-five hundred entries offer information of writing and speech, linguistics, rhetoric, literary terms, and related topics. Contains a chronology of English and Roman times to 1990, and an index of people who appear in entries, and biographies of influential figures such as Noah Webster and Noam Chomsky.
019214183X 9780192141835
92224249
English philology--Encyclopedias
Language and languages--Encyclopedias
PE31 / .O84 1992
420
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thirty-five hundred entries offer information of writing and speech, linguistics, rhetoric, literary terms, and related topics. Contains a chronology of English and Roman times to 1990, and an index of people who appear in entries, and biographies of influential figures such as Noah Webster and Noam Chomsky.
019214183X 9780192141835
92224249
English philology--Encyclopedias
Language and languages--Encyclopedias
PE31 / .O84 1992
420