Titre : |
Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language, unabridged : a Merriam-Webster ; utilizing all the experience and resources of more than one hundred years of Merriam-Webster dictionaries |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Philip Babcock Gove (1902-1972), Editeur scientifique ; Merriam-Webster, inc, Editeur scientifique |
Editeur : |
Springfield (Mass.) : Merriam-Webster |
Année de publication : |
cop. 2002 |
Importance : |
1 vol. (144a-2662 p.-[2] p. de pl.) |
Présentation : |
ill. |
Format : |
33 cm |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
877791015 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
423 |
Résumé : |
To make room for 100,000 new words, Gove now made sweeping deletions, dropping 250,000 entries. He eliminated the "non-lexical matter" that more properly belongs to an encyclopedia, including all names of people and places (which had filled two appendices). There were no more mythological, biblical, and fictional names, nor the names of buildings, historical events, or art works. Thirty picture plates were dropped. The rationale was that, while useful, these are not strictly about language. |
Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language, unabridged : a Merriam-Webster ; utilizing all the experience and resources of more than one hundred years of Merriam-Webster dictionaries [texte imprimé] / Philip Babcock Gove (1902-1972), Editeur scientifique ; Merriam-Webster, inc, Editeur scientifique . - Springfield (Mass.) : Merriam-Webster, cop. 2002 . - 1 vol. (144a-2662 p.-[2] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 33 cm. ISSN : 877791015 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
Index. décimale : |
423 |
Résumé : |
To make room for 100,000 new words, Gove now made sweeping deletions, dropping 250,000 entries. He eliminated the "non-lexical matter" that more properly belongs to an encyclopedia, including all names of people and places (which had filled two appendices). There were no more mythological, biblical, and fictional names, nor the names of buildings, historical events, or art works. Thirty picture plates were dropped. The rationale was that, while useful, these are not strictly about language. |
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