ERIC Number: EJ168057
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Speight, Stephen
Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 24, 1, 54-56, 77
The latest (July, 1976) edition of the "Concise Oxford Dictionary" is seen as "prescriptive," and of limited use to foreigners, since it lacks an international phonetic transcription. It is questioned whether sufficient treatment is given to new words, scientific words, non-British English, obscene language, change of meaning, and obsolescence. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Language Variation, Vocabulary
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