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The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, Second Edition

The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, Second Edition
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2009
Genre: English language
ISBN: 1438121121

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Clarifies and explains words and phrases spanning a range of fields, from law and music to philosophy and cuisine. This title contains entries that include pronunciations in American English, parts of speech and other relevant grammatical information, languages of origin, definitions, examples of use, and etymological backgrounds.


The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780816070350

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Provides pronunciations, origins, and meanings for words and phrases from foreign sources, ranging from everyday terms to words in the news and the specialized languages of cooking, music, the arts, and the law.


Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher: Paw Prints
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-02
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781439573761

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Provides pronunciations, origins, and meanings for words and phrases from foreign sources, ranging from such everyday terms as "dollar," to words in the news and the specialized languages of cooking, music, the arts, and the law.


The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms

The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
Author: Robert Hendrickson
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 800
Release: 2000-10-30
Genre: Americanisms
ISBN: 1438129920

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Provides definitions and examples of words and phrases used in different geographical regions of the United States.


The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
Author: Robert Hendrickson
Publisher: Facts on File
Total Pages: 822
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780816048137

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Updated and expanded, The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Third Edition features definitions and origins of more than 12,500 words and expressions, making it the most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind. This collection traces the development of slang words, proverbs, animal and plant names, place-names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign-language expressions, and phrases from literature. With approximately 3,500 new entries, ranging from "Axis of Evil" to "Zoot Suit Riots," this comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia engages word lovers and researchers and serves as an invaluable reference tool for all students of language and literature.


A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases in Current English

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases in Current English
Author: Alan Bliss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 389
Release: 1972
Genre: English language
ISBN:

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"A guide to the foreign words and phrases that other dictionaries usually omit features more than five thousand comprehensive listings, including words and phrases from more than thirty-five languages." -- Amazon.com.


The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Author: Christine Ammer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0547676581

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Senior moment. Think outside the box. Idioms like these can't be understood just from the words that make them up. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms explores the meanings of idioms, including phrasal verbs such as kick back, proverbs such as too many cooks spoil the broth, interjections such as tough beans, and figures of speech such as elephant in the room. Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago, author Christine Ammer has made extensive revisions that reflect new historical scholarship and changes in the English language. This second edition defines over 10,000 idiomatic expressions in greater detail than any other dictionary available today. English language learners will find this dictionary especially useful.


The Facts on File Student's Dictionary of American English

The Facts on File Student's Dictionary of American English
Author: Cynthia A. Barnhart
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Total Pages: 726
Release: 2007-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780816063802

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Provides information about meaning, pronunciation, syllable breaks, and appropriate usage for more than ninety thousand words, and gives shades of meaning illustrated by phrases or sentences for each word.


Fine Print

Fine Print
Author: James Jackson Kilpatrick
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1993
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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A columnist and author of The Writer's Art now covers the entire scope of the writing experience. Kilpatrick addresses broad issues from the evolution of language to the reasons why everyone should mind grammar. Both an authoritative writer's guide and a pleasure to read.