![]() Urn:lcp:shorteroxfordeng0001unse_b7h4:epub:0ceb6cd9-64e6-4a22-ad33-a9f9eb895e81 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier shorteroxfordeng0001unse_b7h4 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5r90z738 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780199206872Ġ199206880 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9989 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-1200058 Page_number_confidence 96.75 Pages 1942 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211014125302 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 2552 Scandate 20211011185857 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Tts_version 4. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:06:26 Associated-names Stevenson, Angus Brown, Lesley Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40258405 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier RBBĬopyright © American Library Association. In short, this is one badass dictionary deserving a place in almost every library. The Shorter OED has some entries (Jedi, Klingon, and warp drive) that are not even included in OED Online. ![]() With both OED Online and the print Oxford English Dictionary too expensive for many libraries, this is a reasonably priced work that includes the requisite neologisms ( Bollywood, full monty, and phat, among others) to make it a goof-proof purchase for all libraries, even those owning the parent work. It would also be useful to attach a date to the illustrative quotations used rather than just citing the author. ![]() Because even collegiate dictionaries now routinely spell out a date range for first use, it is time Oxford adopted a similar approach. Unfortunately, one thing the Shorter OED has not changed is its tradition of abbreviating dates of first use-and, when needed, of last use-for a headword ( L19 for late-nineteenth century, M20 for mid-twentieth century). Addressing a criticism RBB had of the fourth edition, abbreviations are now within regular alphabetical order rather than placed at the beginning of the alphabet. In the main entries, each definition sense is now started on a new line in clear, bold numbers (the older edition had all the senses grouped together in one paragraph), and etymologies are spelled out, with Old English or Middle Low German replacing the fourth edition's OE or MLG, respectively. Most notably, the illustrative quotations are placed within a tinted text box, making them very easy to spot. Learn more about the words added to the OED this quarter in our new words notes by OED Executive Editor. The most welcome change to this edition is that the text is much easier on the eyes than in the fourth edition. The latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary includes over 1,400 fully revised and updated entries, and over 700 new words, phrases, and senses appear for the first time, including deepfake, antigram, and groomzilla. ![]() An actual headword count is not given, though the publisher's Web site puts the number at 97,600. Although the preface does not cite the number of new entries, publicity from Oxford states that 3,500 new words have been added to this edition. The dust jacket from the work claims it has "more than one third of the coverage of the OED" and more than half a million definitions, with 83,500 illustrative quotations from 7,000 authors. Words obsolete by 1700 are still included, however, if used by authors such as Shakespeare or other "influential literary sources." Headwords are traced back to their earliest usage. Like the previous edition, this work "sets out the main meanings and semantic developments of words current at any time between 1700 and the present day." Words such as achtande, knottle, or pompal (all present in OED Online) that are obsolete, obsolete variations, or rare are therefore not included. Still, some welcome changes have been made. The general coverage of the volumes remains largely unchanged from the fourth edition, however, even retaining the previous edition's preface and adding a briefer preface for the current edition. Given some of the advance publicity and advertisements, Oxford is clearly aware that to win in the dictionary wars (at least in the eyes of the general public), it is necessary to emphasize newer words added to the dictionary. Considering it was 20 years between the third and fourth editions of this work, this "abridgement" of Oxford's flagship OED after fewer than 10 years is most welcome.
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