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This wide-ranging and authoritative dictionary contains over 7,100 entries covering all areas of business and management, including marketing, organizational behaviour, business strategy, law, and taxation. In its sixth edition, it features the very latest developments,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-02-25
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Previously named A Dictionary of Computing, this bestselling dictionary has been renamed A Dictionary of Computer Science, and fully revised by a team of computer specialists, making it the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to computing available. Containing over...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-01-28
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Now in its fifth edition, Frank Beaver’s Dictionary of Film Terms has become an indispensable reference tool for the study of films and filmmaking. This trusted and practical handbook clearly and concisely defines the essential terms of film analysis and film art, with...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-09-01
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A Dictionary of Journalism is an accessible and authoritative quick reference dictionary. It covers over 1,400 wide-ranging entries on the terms that are likely to be encountered by students of the subject, and aims to offer a broad, accessible point of reference on an...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-05-08
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar is a straightforward and accessible A-Z guide to the diverse and often complex terminology of English grammar. It contains over 1,600 entries with clear and concise definitions, enhanced by numerous example sentences, as well as...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-01-16
ePub
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A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering is one of the latest additions to the market leading Oxford Paperback Reference series. In over 3,400 concise and authoritativeA to Z entries, it provides definitions and explanations for chemical engineering terms in areas...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-01-09
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'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive.'
Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-06-13
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A Dictionary of Human Geography is a brand new addition to Oxford's Paperback Reference Series, offering over 2,000 clear and concise entries on human geography terms. From basic terms and concepts to biographical entries, acronyms, organisations, and major periods and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-04-26
ePub
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With an afterword by David Crystal and contributions from Philip Pullman, Jilly Cooper, Jeremy Vine and Meera Syal, all life is here. Become part of the Kitchen Table Lingo community and write your words in now!'Seen the bloke with the bedooftey bum?''More testiculating...
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Virgin Digital
Parution :
2012-04-24
ePub
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Do, or should, dictionaries control language? How do they treat language change, both now and in the past? Which words do dictionaries leave out - and on what grounds?
Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-08-18
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Do, or should, dictionaries control language? How do they treat language change, both now and in the past? Which words do dictionaries leave out - and on what grounds?
Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-08-18
ePub
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Chambers Card Games for Families explains how to play more than 50 family card games. Ranging from slap-jack and snap to patience and pontoon, the games are highly entertaining as well as quick and easy to learn. The book includes simple games that children can play on...
Editeur :
Chambers
Parution :
2011-07-29
ePub
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Have an interest in words? From the meaning of prefixes and suffixes to word origins and trivia, this book can help you build your vocabulary Someone just called you captious. Should you be flattered? Considering your extreme lactose intolerance, is it a good idea to...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2011-06-15
ePub
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Alex Horne loves words. He loves them so much, in fact, that he's decided to invent his own ... and get them into the dictionary. But, asAlex discovers, gaining entry into the official lexicon takes more than just a gentle word in the ear of the editor. Evidence is...
Editeur :
Virgin Digital
Parution :
2010-01-14
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Dictionary: A book with a Beginning, a Middle and an End - but not in that order.This Septic Isle is a dictionary that re-defines 21st Century Britain in the wickedest and wittiest way imaginable. In an age where Spin is King, this super-cynical, irreverant reference...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2009-11-10
ePub
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The Blackout Crew have a song with the title 'Put a donk on it' - but what is a 'donk'? Which ending came first: '-ise' or '-ize'? Where does the idea of a 'white elephant' come from? Who decides on the collective noun for something? And what is it that made the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-10-22
ePub
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The Blackout Crew have a song with the title 'Put a donk on it' - but what is a 'donk'? Which ending came first: '-ise' or '-ize'? Where does the idea of a 'white elephant' come from? Who decides on the collective noun for something? And what is it that made the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-10-22
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We all know what frak, popularized by television's cult hit Battlestar Galactica, really means. But what about feck? Or ferkin? Or foul--as in FUBAR, or "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition"?
In a thoroughly updated edition of The F-Word, Jesse Sheidlower offers a rich,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-09-04
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These substantial volumes present the fullest account yet published of the lexicography of English from its origins in medieval glosses, through its rapid development in the eighteenth century, to a fully-established high-tech industry that is as reliant as ever on...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-12-04
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Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2008-08-07
ePub
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