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A dictionary of European anglicisms : a usage dictionary of anglicisms in sixteen selected European languages / edited by Manfred Gorlach.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages.
- Europe--Languages--Foreign words and phrases--English--Dictionaries.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (379 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first dictionary of its kind to provide an exhaustive comparative treatment of the influence of English on other European languages. Covering sixteen selected languages from different language families, entries consist of words which are recognizably English in form and which appear in at least one of the languages tested. Entries comprise of a brief definition, followed by a summary paragraph containing a wealth of historical and linguistic information. Many entries are also. accompanied by a grid summarizing the distribution of the word across Europe. - ;A Dictionary of European Anglicis
- Contents:
- A Dictionary of European Anglicisms; Contents; Map of the Languages Covered; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations and Symbols used in the Dictionary; Introduction; Aims and Restrictions; Data Collection; The Compilation of the Entries; Using this Dictionary
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611345976
- 1-281-34597-0
- 0-19-153617-2
- 1-4356-1011-3
- OCLC:
- 437108900
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