Oxford advanced learner dictionary 12th edition

Gimson (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, 3rd edition, by Hornby, A.S., A.P. Wakefield (eds.), London: Oxford University Press, 1963. The Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, 2nd edition, by Hornby, A.S., E.V. Wakefield (eds.), London: Oxford University Press, 1948. The Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, 1st edition, by Hornby, A.S., E.V. (COD 9/1995)Ĭoncise Oxford English Dictionary, 12th edition, by Stevenson, Angus, and Maurice Waite. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English of Current English, 9th edition, by Thompson, Della (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 6th edition, by Sykes, John B., H W Fowler and F G Fowler (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976. (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 4th edition, by McIntosh, E. Fowler (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1911. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 1st edition, by Fowler, H.G., and F.G. In conclusion, due to the status and media coverage of the “people’s game” today, English general-purpose dictionaries have increasingly come to recognize much of its vocabulary as part of general language. This is reflected in the dictionaries studied. Thus, football language is in a state of constant flux, responding to developments in and around the game. Interestingly, such words also tend to be included in present-day dictionaries. nutmeg ‘play the ball through the opponent’s legs’. Yet, some football terms make an esoteric impression, e.g. striker, yellow card) in subsequent dictionary editions. It is shown that, over the past hundred years, football vocabulary has gradually, at an accelerating pace, become more mainstream, as demonstrated by the growth of such vocabulary (e.g. Two other dictionaries are also consulted: the Oxford Dictionary of English (2010) and – for first occurrences of the words studied – the Oxford English Dictionary.

– are investigated as to their representation in five editions of the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1911–2011), and in four of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (1948–1995).

This is the perspective of the present study on English football vocabulary, where a set of well-known football words – dribble, offside, etc. These include cases where special-language words have become so familiar to the general public that they may also be regarded as part of general language. This implies that subsequent editions of a desk dictionary should mirror lexical changes in the general language. General-purpose dictionaries may be assumed to reflect the core vocabulary of current language use.

Oxford advanced learner dictionary 12th edition