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Author: Susan Ratcliffe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 4.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 1.194kg
ISBN: 9780192806505
ISBN 10: 0192806505
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 28 September 2006
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
A smartly updated collection of important expressions....different iterations of the same locution are listed, semantically analyzed as needed, and placed in historical relationship. Such depth of treatment is typical of the book and extremely illuminating for the reader....covers the most important concepts with authority and incorporates a great deal of contemporary material....In short, ODPSQ is authoritative, up-to-date, easy to navigate, and filled with helpful supporting information. It makes an excellent source for both the casual browser and the writer or researcher. --Joanne Despres, Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America<br>
<br> A smartly updated collection of important expressions....different iterations of the same locution are listed, semantically analyzed as needed, and placed in historical relationship. Such depth of treatment is typical of the book and extremely illuminating for the reader....covers the most important concepts with authority and incorporates a great deal of contemporary material....In short, ODPSQ is authoritative, up-to-date, easy to navigate, and filled with helpful supporting information. It makes an excellent source for both the casual browser and the writer or researcher. --Joanne Despres, Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America<br>
A smartly updated collection of important expressions....different iterations of the same locution are listed, semantically analyzed as needed, and placed in historical relationship. Such depth of treatment is typical of the book and extremely illuminating for the reader....covers the most important concepts with authority and incorporates a great deal of contemporary material....In short, ODPSQ is authoritative, up-to-date, easy to navigate, and filled with helpful supporting information. It makes an excellent source for both the casual browser and the writer or researcher. --Joanne Despres, Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America A smartly updated collection of important expressions....different iterations of the same locution are listed, semantically analyzed as needed, and placed in historical relationship. Such depth of treatment is typical of the book and extremely illuminating for the reader....covers the most important concepts with authority and incorporates a great deal of contemporary material....In short, ODPSQ is authoritative, up-to-date, easy to navigate, and filled with helpful supporting information. It makes an excellent source for both the casual browser and the writer or researcher. --Joanne Despres, Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America
Author Information
Susan Ratcliffe is an Associate Editor for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries, and has previously edited the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, the Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and Oxford Quotations by Subject.
