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These volumes replace the 1933 Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary. They catalogue vocabulary introduced during the main dictionary’s publication, from the first fascicle of letter A in 1884 to the final section in 1928. The work also includes accessions to the English language in Britain and abroad from 1928 onward. Nearly all material from the 1933 Supplement is retained, though updated and revised.
First publish date: 1980
Genre: Education & Language/Linguistics
Authors: R. W. Burchfield
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