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Concise Oxford companion to the English language / editor, Tom McArthur ; assistant editor, Roshan McArthur.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
McArthur, Tom (Thomas Burns)
McArthur, Roshan.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Dictionaries.
English language.
English philology--Encyclopedias.
English philology.
Language and languages--Encyclopedias.
Language and languages.
Language and languages--Dictionaries.
Genre:
Subject dictionaries.
Encyclopedias.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 692 p.)
Other Title:
Oxford concise companion to the English language
English language
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Providing a single-volume source of information about the English language, this text takes in language examples from Cockney to Creole across a historical range from Chaucer to Chomsky.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-172702-4

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