Author: J. A. Simpson
Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198600275
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This is the third in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (Citizen's Charter), North America (affluential, Clintonomics), Australia (beardie), and the West Indies (zouk). A wide variety of subjects is covered, including the sciences (buckyball, nanotechnology, Tourette syndrome), finance (junk bond, negative equity), literary theory (metafiction), computing (freeware, core dump), and sport (basho, lowball).
Oxford English for Computing
Author: Keith Boeckner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780194573894
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Helps students to combine their knowledge of English with their technical knowledge. Develops all four skills through varied activities, with special emphasis on vocabulary acquisition and grammatical accuracy. Up-to-date technical content. Authentic reading and listening passages covering a wide range of topics, e.g. the use of virtual reality in industry, personal computing, viruses and security, information systems, and multimedia. Letter-writing section offering a complete guideto writing simple, work-related letters. Comprehensive glossary of technical terms which forms a useful mini-dictionary of computing terminology. Separate Answer Book with a key to all exercises, the tapescripts, and useful unit-by-unit teaching notes. Designed for easy use by the non-specialistteacher.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780194573894
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Helps students to combine their knowledge of English with their technical knowledge. Develops all four skills through varied activities, with special emphasis on vocabulary acquisition and grammatical accuracy. Up-to-date technical content. Authentic reading and listening passages covering a wide range of topics, e.g. the use of virtual reality in industry, personal computing, viruses and security, information systems, and multimedia. Letter-writing section offering a complete guideto writing simple, work-related letters. Comprehensive glossary of technical terms which forms a useful mini-dictionary of computing terminology. Separate Answer Book with a key to all exercises, the tapescripts, and useful unit-by-unit teaching notes. Designed for easy use by the non-specialistteacher.
Oxford English Dictionary
Author: J. A. Simpson
Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198600275
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This is the third in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (Citizen's Charter), North America (affluential, Clintonomics), Australia (beardie), and the West Indies (zouk). A wide variety of subjects is covered, including the sciences (buckyball, nanotechnology, Tourette syndrome), finance (junk bond, negative equity), literary theory (metafiction), computing (freeware, core dump), and sport (basho, lowball).
Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198600275
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This is the third in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (Citizen's Charter), North America (affluential, Clintonomics), Australia (beardie), and the West Indies (zouk). A wide variety of subjects is covered, including the sciences (buckyball, nanotechnology, Tourette syndrome), finance (junk bond, negative equity), literary theory (metafiction), computing (freeware, core dump), and sport (basho, lowball).
Libro
Author: Eric H. Glendinning
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780194574921
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Oxford English for Information Technology is a course for students of information technology and computing, or for people already working in the IT sector. It is suitable for use in universities, technical schools and on adult education programmes, with students at intermediate to advanced level who want to improve and extend their language skills in the context of IT. This second edition has been carefully and selectively revised to take account of recent developments in this fast-moving sector, and to ensure that the material is up to date. The new material reflects changes in such as technical specifications, new technologies, and working practices. The glossary has also been updated.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780194574921
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Oxford English for Information Technology is a course for students of information technology and computing, or for people already working in the IT sector. It is suitable for use in universities, technical schools and on adult education programmes, with students at intermediate to advanced level who want to improve and extend their language skills in the context of IT. This second edition has been carefully and selectively revised to take account of recent developments in this fast-moving sector, and to ensure that the material is up to date. The new material reflects changes in such as technical specifications, new technologies, and working practices. The glossary has also been updated.
Designing a Computerized Lexicon for Linguistic Purposes
Author: Erik Akkerman
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062037674
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062037674
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Maurice Waite
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199640947
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Little Oxford English Dictionary is a book to support knowledge creation of Sara Hawker. Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping. This is a major new edition of the Little Oxford English Dictionary, offering the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary. Based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus, a unique database with hundreds of millions of words of English, it provides a fresh selection of 90,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Definitions are given in a clear, simple style, avoiding technical language, and are easier to understand than ever before, and there are hundreds of notes on spelling and grammar to help you get it right. A brand-new Factfinder center section gives easy access to information on topics such as countries and their capitals, kings and queens, and weights and measures, as well as help with spelling and punctuation. A new, clear design makes the Little Oxford English Dictionary easy to use, and ideal for use at school, at home, and in the office. Find out more about our living language using Oxford Dictionaries Online. Hear how words are spoken with thousands of audio pronunciations, and access over 1.9 million real English example sentences to see how words are used in context. Improve your confidence in writing with helpful grammar and punctuation guides, full thesaurus information, style and usage help, and much more. Discover more on oxforddictionaries.com, Oxford's hub for dictionaries and language reference.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199640947
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
Book Description
Little Oxford English Dictionary is a book to support knowledge creation of Sara Hawker. Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping. This is a major new edition of the Little Oxford English Dictionary, offering the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary. Based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus, a unique database with hundreds of millions of words of English, it provides a fresh selection of 90,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Definitions are given in a clear, simple style, avoiding technical language, and are easier to understand than ever before, and there are hundreds of notes on spelling and grammar to help you get it right. A brand-new Factfinder center section gives easy access to information on topics such as countries and their capitals, kings and queens, and weights and measures, as well as help with spelling and punctuation. A new, clear design makes the Little Oxford English Dictionary easy to use, and ideal for use at school, at home, and in the office. Find out more about our living language using Oxford Dictionaries Online. Hear how words are spoken with thousands of audio pronunciations, and access over 1.9 million real English example sentences to see how words are used in context. Improve your confidence in writing with helpful grammar and punctuation guides, full thesaurus information, style and usage help, and much more. Discover more on oxforddictionaries.com, Oxford's hub for dictionaries and language reference.
The Oxford English Dictionary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
In addition to current definitions, provides an historical treatment to words and idioms included.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
In addition to current definitions, provides an historical treatment to words and idioms included.
Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Maurice Waite
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199666156
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
This dictionary offers coverage of English as an international language, the defining style is straightforward and non-technical, and thousands of examples illustrate idiomatic usage.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199666156
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
This dictionary offers coverage of English as an international language, the defining style is straightforward and non-technical, and thousands of examples illustrate idiomatic usage.
Oxford English for Electronics
Author: Eric H. Glendinning
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780194573856
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Practice in all four skills for electronics students.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780194573856
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Practice in all four skills for electronics students.
Computer–Assisted Research in the Humanities
Author: Joseph Raben
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483148807
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Computer-Assisted Research in the Humanities describes various computer-assisted research in the humanities and related social sciences. It is a compendium of data collected between November 1966 and May 1972 and published in Computer and the Humanities. The book begins with an analysis of language teaching texts including the DOVACK system, a program used for remedial reading instruction. It then discusses the objectives, types of computer used, and status of the Bibliographic On-line Display (BOLD), semiotic systems, augmented human intellect program, automatic indexing, and similar research. The remaining chapters present computer-assisted research on language and literature, philosophy, social sciences, and visual arts. Students who seek a single reference work for computer-assisted research in the humanities will find this book useful.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483148807
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Computer-Assisted Research in the Humanities describes various computer-assisted research in the humanities and related social sciences. It is a compendium of data collected between November 1966 and May 1972 and published in Computer and the Humanities. The book begins with an analysis of language teaching texts including the DOVACK system, a program used for remedial reading instruction. It then discusses the objectives, types of computer used, and status of the Bibliographic On-line Display (BOLD), semiotic systems, augmented human intellect program, automatic indexing, and similar research. The remaining chapters present computer-assisted research on language and literature, philosophy, social sciences, and visual arts. Students who seek a single reference work for computer-assisted research in the humanities will find this book useful.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Author: Angus Stevenson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199601119
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
Book Description
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is one of the most popular choices in Oxford's renowned dictionary line. This Luxury Edition is perfect for anyone looking to invest in a reliable resource for home, school, or office. It includes unique features such as cut thumb tabs, printed endpapers, ribbon marker, with coloured head and tailbands making it a centerpiece for all bookshelves. This centenary edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary Luxury Edition presents the most accurate picture of English today. It contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, providing superb coverage of contemporary English, including rare, historical, and archaic terms, scientific and technical vocabulary, and English from around the world. The dictionary has been updated with hundreds of new words--including sub-prime, social networking, and carbon footprint--all based on the latest research from the Oxford English Corpus. In addition, the dictionary features an engaging new center section, with quick-reference word lists (containing, for example, lists of Fascinating Words and Onomatopoeic Words), and a revised and updated English Uncovered supplement, which examines interesting facts about the English language. Sprinkled throughout the text are intriguing Word Histories, detailing the origins and development of numerous words. The volume also retains such popular features as the hundreds of usage notes which give advice on tricky vocabulary and pointers to help you improve your use of English. Finally, the dictionary contains full appendices on topics such as alphabets, currencies, electronic English, and the registers of language (from formal to slang), plus a useful Guide to Good English with advice on grammar, punctuation, and spelling. This Luxury Edition also includes 12 months' of access to Oxford Dictionaries Online at oxforddictionaries.com.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199601119
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
Book Description
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is one of the most popular choices in Oxford's renowned dictionary line. This Luxury Edition is perfect for anyone looking to invest in a reliable resource for home, school, or office. It includes unique features such as cut thumb tabs, printed endpapers, ribbon marker, with coloured head and tailbands making it a centerpiece for all bookshelves. This centenary edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary Luxury Edition presents the most accurate picture of English today. It contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, providing superb coverage of contemporary English, including rare, historical, and archaic terms, scientific and technical vocabulary, and English from around the world. The dictionary has been updated with hundreds of new words--including sub-prime, social networking, and carbon footprint--all based on the latest research from the Oxford English Corpus. In addition, the dictionary features an engaging new center section, with quick-reference word lists (containing, for example, lists of Fascinating Words and Onomatopoeic Words), and a revised and updated English Uncovered supplement, which examines interesting facts about the English language. Sprinkled throughout the text are intriguing Word Histories, detailing the origins and development of numerous words. The volume also retains such popular features as the hundreds of usage notes which give advice on tricky vocabulary and pointers to help you improve your use of English. Finally, the dictionary contains full appendices on topics such as alphabets, currencies, electronic English, and the registers of language (from formal to slang), plus a useful Guide to Good English with advice on grammar, punctuation, and spelling. This Luxury Edition also includes 12 months' of access to Oxford Dictionaries Online at oxforddictionaries.com.