The American heritage college dictionary.
Our best-selling dictionary. With more than 200,000 clear definitions; over 20,000 new words; more the 2,500 illustrations; a style manual; 400 usage notes; regionalisms; and Appendix of Indo-European Roots; and biographical and geographic entries.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
[1993]
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Publisher description Contributor biographical information |
Table of Contents:
- Preface / David A. Jost
- Editorial and production staff
- Contributors and consultants
- The usage panel
- Usage in the American Heritage Dictionary : the palce of criticism / Geoffrey Nunberg
- Guide to the dictionary
- Abbreviations and labels used in this dictionary
- Pronunciation
- Table of alphabets
- Development of the alphabet
- Dictionary of the English language
- Indo-European roots appendix
- Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans / Calvert Watkins
- Guide to the appendix
- Indo-European sound correspondences
- Indo-European roots
- Picture credits.