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The American Heritage dictionary of the English language.

Author: William Morris
Publisher: [New York] American Heritage Pub. Co. [1969]
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Over 155,000 entries ... Over 4,000 illustrations including photographs, charts, diagrams, and maps."
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American Heritage dictionary of the English language.
[New York] American Heritage Pub. Co. [1969]
(OCoLC)767922472
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William Morris
ISBN: 0395090660 9780395090664 0395090644 9780395090640 0395090652 9780395090657
OCLC Number: 31518
Description: l, 1550 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 29 cm
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.
Responsibility: William Morris, editor.

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