English Dictionaries
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“A new era in the historical study of English” —David Crystal
The first historical thesaurus ever written —over 40 years in the making and covering 920,000+ words from Old English to the present— the HTOED is a groundbreaking view of the historical inventory of English.
Authoritative and comprehensive
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature surveys the terrain of American literary history, from the 1600s to the present day, through 350 interpretive essays.
Understand the evolution of language
The International Encyclopedia of Linguistics is an indispensable addition to libraries and will introduce a new generation of readers to the complexities and concerns of this field of study.
