The Oxford Companion to the English LanguageTom McArthur, Thomas Burns McArthur, Roshan McArthur Oxford University Press, 1996 - 1053 First published in 1992, The Oxford Companion to the English Language was described by The Times as an `excellent guide to the history, geography and contours of English', one that `immediately establishes itself as a necessary book'. A carefully-planned shorter version of the Oxford Companion to the English Language, this new Concise concentrates on the central themes in the language: grammar, usage, dialect, pronunciation, and the history of English. Within each theme all the key subjects are covered, and individual entries offer all the most essential information from the parent Companion. With nearly 2,000 articles in A-Z format the Concise Companion is an ideal reference for both students and general readers wanting access to the highly readable scholarship of the Companion in a portable and affordable format. |
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... Native [ 14c : directly from Latin nativus born in a place , from natus born , replac- ing Middle English natif , from French ] . Formerly , people could be native to many things : a place , a condition of life ( such as slavery ) , a ...
... Native [ 14c : directly from Latin nativus born in a place , from natus born , replac- ing Middle English natif , from French ] . Formerly , people could be native to many things : a place , a condition of life ( such as slavery ) , a ...
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... Native Peoples and Native are officially used for the orig- inal inhabitants of the land . Negro [ 16c : through Spanish and Por- tuguese from Latin niger black ] . A noun and adjective used generally and in an- thropology until the ...
... Native Peoples and Native are officially used for the orig- inal inhabitants of the land . Negro [ 16c : through Spanish and Por- tuguese from Latin niger black ] . A noun and adjective used generally and in an- thropology until the ...
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... native speaker and particularly in contrast to native user . It is common in discussions of English as a foreign language : ' What most learners really want is to be competent foreign users of the language , not cheap imitation native ...
... native speaker and particularly in contrast to native user . It is common in discussions of English as a foreign language : ' What most learners really want is to be competent foreign users of the language , not cheap imitation native ...
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Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language Thomas Burns McArthur,Roshan McArthur Ograniczony podgląd - 2005 |
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