Oxford Companion to the English Language

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Tom McArthur, Jacqueline Lam-McArthur, Lise Fontaine (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University)

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Oxford University Press
24 July 2018

Usage & grammar guides; Language: history & general works; linguistics; Reference works

Series: Oxford Quick Reference

The Oxford Companion to the English Language provides an authoritative single-volume source of information about the English language. It is intended both for reference and for browsing. The first edition of this landmark Companion, published in 1998, adopted a strong international perspective, covering topics from Cockney to Creole, Aboriginal English to Caribbean English and a historical range from Chaucer to Chomsky, Latin to the World Wide Web. It succinctly described and discussed the English language at the end of the twentieth century, including its distribution and varieties, its cultural, political, and educational impact worldwide, its nature, origins, and prospects, and its pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, word-formation, and usage. This new edition notably focuses on World Englishes, English language teaching, English as an international language, and the effect of technological advances on the English language. More than 130 new entries include African American English, British Sign Language, China English, digital literacy, multimodality, social networking, superdiversity, and text messaging, among many others. It also includes new biographical entries on key individuals who have had an impact on the English language in recent decades, including Beryl (Sue) Atkins, Adam Kilgariff, and John Sinclair. It is an invaluable reference for English Language students, and fascinating reading for any general reader with an interest in language.

Edited by: Tom McArthur, Jacqueline Lam-McArthur, Lise Fontaine (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 502g
ISBN: 9780199661282
ISBN 10: 0199661286
Series: Oxford Quick Reference
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 24 July 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

IntroductionContributors and consultantsAbbreviationsPhonetic symbolsOxford Companion to the English LanguageBibliography

Tom McArthur is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, London, 2002-, and the founder editor of the quarterly journal English Today (CUP), serving from 1984-2007. He was also Director of the Extra-Mural Centre for English Language Studies at the University of Edinburgh (1979-84), and Associate Professor of English at the Université du Québec, Canada, (1979-84). Since 1985 he has been an editor, writer, lecturer, and ELT consultant. He has broadcast with the BBC (UK), CBC (Canada), and ABC (Australia), and has lectured and presented papers in over twenty countries. Jacqueline Lam-McArthur is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists; Chief Moderator for the Diploma in Translation (DipTrans) and the International Diploma in Bilingual Communications (IDBC) at the Institute of Linguists, London; and examiner, marker, and vetter for Chinese (Putonghua/Mandarin and Cantonese) for the Diplomatic Service Language Allowance Examination at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London. Lise Fontaine is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University in the Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR) where she lectures mainly on functional grammar, word meaning, corpus linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Her research interests include functional grammar theory and, more specifically, the study of referring expressions as realised in the noun phrase. In addition to publishing over 20 articles and book chapters, she is the author of Analyzing English Grammar: A systemic-functional introduction (CUP, 2012). She has also co-edited Systemic Functional Linguistics: Exploring Choice (CUP, 2013); Choice in Language (Equinox, 2013); Perspectives from Systemic Functional Linguistics: An Appliable Theory of Language (Routledge, printing), and The Cambridge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics (CUP, printing). Contributors to the second edition: Michelle Aldridge Brook Bolander Wendy L. Bowcher Chang Chenguang Mercedes Durham Anne McCabe Anne Mangen Gerard O'Grady Luke Rudge Muhammad Shaban Tereza Spilioti Erich Steiner Caroline Tagg Jonathan Webster Shigeru Yamada Contributors to the first edition: Jean Aitchison A. J. Aitken John Algeo Robert E. Allen Jon Amastae Tony Augarde Richard W. Bailey William W. Barker Dennis E. Baron Laurie Bauer John Baugh Paul Beale David Blair Eyamba G. Bokamba Whitney F. Bolton Jean Branford William Branford Lawrence B. Breitborde Christopher J. Brumfit Robert W. Burchfield Garland Cannon Lawrence D. Carrington Frederic G. Cassidy Sylvia Chalker Raymond Chapman Paul Christophersen Isagani R. Cruz David Crystal W. D. Wimal Dissanayake Connie C. Eble John Edwards Stanley Ellis Margery Fee Jean-Marc Gachelin Charles Gilman Andrew Gonzales Sidney Greenbaum Anjum R. Haque Reinhard Hartmann Mohamed H. Heliel Geoffrey Hughes Robert F. Ilson Braj B. Kachru Yamuna Kachru Gillian S. Kay Francis E. Knowles Gerald Knowles Margot Lawrence Sangsup Lee Michael Lesk Peter H. Lowenberg William D. Lutz Iseabail C. McLeod Rejend Mesthrie Salikoko S. Mufwene Walter Nash Cecil L. Nelson Noel E. Osselton Frank R. Palmer Rajeshwari Pandharipande John Platt René James Quinault William S. Ramson Suzanne Romaine Adrian Room William Shephard Larry E. Smith S. N. Sridhar James Stanlaw Sol Steinmetz Peter Strevens Mary Tay Loreto Todd Barry Tomalin Peter Trudgill Christopher Upward Laurence Urdang Katie Wales Heidi Weber Edmund Weiner Lise S. Winer Margaret E. Winters Consultants: Richard Allwright Jacqueline Anderson Lourdes B. Bautista Ben Benedikz Roger Bowers J. K. Chambers Sandra Clarke Rachel Davis Agnes Drever Robert A. Dunbar Anna Dunlop Barbara Goldsmid David Gough Barbara Harris Tom Hecht Joan Hughes Sally Hunt Fadilah Jasmani S. Johansson Damian J. Kelly Virginia LaCastro Leonhard Lipka Louise McIvor Kevin McNamee David I. Masson Dhun Mehta Godfrey Meintjes Tatsuo Miyajima Diarmaid Ó hAirt Maria-Grazia Pederzani Mary Penrith Frederick H. G. Percy Peter Pitman Arnold D. N. Pitt Graham Pointon Velma Pollard Camilla Raab F. Gordon Rohlehr A. O. Sanved Sybil Sarel Donald Scragg John Singler

Reviews for Oxford Companion to the English Language

this is a fascinating reference tool, of value not only to professional linguists, but also to anyone with an interest in the English language and, at £12.99 for more than 700 pages, a bargain. * Professor T.D. Wilson, Information Research *