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The Concise Oxford American Dictionary is the perfect companion for anyone looking to enhance their vocabulary and improve their writing skills. Featuring more than 180,000 entries, this dictionary provides accurate definitions, clear pronunciations, and practical usage notes to ensure that every word is used correctly. With hundreds of word histories and helpful illustrations, readers can gain a deeper understanding of their favorite words and the fascinating stories behind them. The Ready Reference section is also an invaluable tool for students, professionals, and anyone looking to quickly find information on a wide range of topics.

The papers in this volume represent the views of a range of experts in a variety of language-related disciplines on the role which context plays in language learning and language understanding. The authors provide various theoretical constructs which help impose order on the apparent chaos of contextual factors which may have an influence on the production and comprehension of speech events. They focus on a variety of types of context, including the context established by different speech communities, interpersonal contexts, the classroom context, and the context provided by the linguistic code itself. The papers illustrate how the treatment of context varies across the disciplines of linguistics, historical stylistics, applied linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Each paper is prefaced by an editorial introduction to help the reader trace out common themes and points of conflict.

If language puzzles you, especially how context shapes understanding and learning, this collection is an academic treasure trove. It offers a multitude of perspectives, diving into speech communities, personal interactions, and linguistic nuances, all under the scrutinizing lens of top scholars in fields from linguistics to psycholinguistics. For anyone intrigued by the intricate dance between language and context, this volume not only enlightens but also challenges the reader to think deeply about how we interpret and use language.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of linguistics available. Written by Peter Matthews, Professor of Linguistics at Cambridge University, the book provides concise and informative entries across the whole field of linguistics. With entries ranging from epiglottal and morpheme to Austronesian and Navajo, this dictionary is an ideal reference for students and anyone with an interest in language and its study. • Over 3,000 entries from phonetics to formal semantics• Grammatical terms in English and grammatical categories in other languages• World-wide coverage of language families and major languages• The theory of language and language history• Important figures and ideas in linguistics • Directory of symbols included for quick and easy reference