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The American Heritage dictionary of the English language

Title
The American Heritage dictionary of the English language / William Morris, editor.
Publication
[New York] : American Heritage Pub. Co., [1969]

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Morris, William, 1917-
Description
l, 1550 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 29 cm
Summary
"Over 155,000 entries ... Over 4,000 illustrations including photographs, charts, diagrams, and maps."
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dictionary.
  • Dictionaries.
Contents
Special articles: A brief history of the English language / Morton W. Bloomfield ; The Indo-European origin of English / Calvert Watkins ; Good usage, bad usage, and usage / Morris Bishop ; Dialects of English / Henry Lee Smith, Jr. ; Grammar and meaning / Richard Ohmann ; The spelling and pronunciation of English / Wayne O'Neil ; Computers in language analysis and in lexicography / Henry Kučera -- Appendix: Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans / Calvert Watkins ; Indo-European roots.
ISBN
  • 0395090660
  • 9780395090664
  • 0395090644
  • 9780395090640
  • 0395090652
  • 9780395090657
LCCN
76086995
OCLC
  • ocm00031518
  • 31518
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries