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PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-101476678235

ISBN-139781476678238

eBay Product ID (ePID)11038369005

Product Key Features

Number of Pages376 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHomophones and Homographs : an American Dictionary

Publication Year2019

SubjectDictionaries, Grammar & Punctuation, General, Linguistics / General

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeNot Available

AuthorJames B. Hobbs

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight23.2 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number4

LCCN2019-457036

Reviews"valuable resource...the annotated bibliography is more than seven excellent pages in length...useful"-- Library Journal, "a fascinating compendium of potential misunderstandings...a gold mine for students of English and for writers, journalists, and instructors...recommended"-- Choice, "the interesting annotated bibliography is a useful, critical guide to a very wide range of relevant dictionaries and commentaries...essential"-- Reference Reviews., "a serious work of exemplary scholarship that stands alone in the field...recommended"-- Booklist ; "comprehensive, authoritative, and useful sourcebook"-- ARBA ; "valuable resource...the annotated bibliography is more than seven excellent pages in length...useful"-- Library Journal ; "a fascinating compendium of potential misunderstandings...a gold mine for students of English and for writers, journalists, and instructors...recommended"-- Choice ; "the best roster of these phenoma"-- Wilson Library Bulletin ; "a good choice for any library"-- Reference Quarterly ; "a good sourcebook"-- C&RL News ; "the interesting annotated bibliography is a useful, critical guide to a very wide range of relevant dictionaries and commentaries...essential"-- Reference Reviews., "a serious work of exemplary scholarship that stands alone in the field...recommended"-- Booklist ; "comprehensive, authoritative, and useful sourcebook"-- ARBA ; "valuable resource...the annotated bibliography is more than seven excellent pages in length...useful"-- Library Journal ; "a fascinating compendium of potential misunderstandings...a gold mine for students of English and for writers, journalists, and instructors...recommended"-- Choice ; "the best roster of these phenomena"-- Wilson Library Bulletin ; "a good choice for any library"-- Reference Quarterly ; "a good sourcebook"-- C&RL News ; "the interesting annotated bibliography is a useful, critical guide to a very wide range of relevant dictionaries and commentaries...essential"-- Reference Reviews.

Dewey Edition22/eng/20211229

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal423/.1

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Preface Overview of Homophones and Homographs Definitions The "Conflict of Homophones" Controversy Criteria for Including and Excluding Words Notational Devices and Phonetic Symbols Organization of the Dictionary Some Final Thoughts Homophones Homographs Appendix: Unusual Groupings Homophones Five or More One-Syllable Words Four or More Two-Syllable Words Three or More Three-Syllable Words All Four-, Five-, and Six-Syllable Words Homographs (three or more words) Homophones and Homographs (all words) Annotated Bibliography

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

SynopsisDefines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs. As the most comprehensive compilation of American homophones and homographs, this latest edition serves well where even the most modern spell-checkers and word processors fail., This expanded fourth edition defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs (up from 7,870 and 1,554 in the 3rd ed.). As the most comprehensive compilation of American homophones (words that sound alike) and homographs (look-alikes), this latest edition serves well where even the most modern spell-checkers and word processors fail--although rain, reign, and rein may be spelled correctly, the context in which these words may appropriately be used is not obvious to a computer.

LC Classification NumberPE2833.H63 2019