Compact Oxford Canadian Dictionary
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2006
- Category
- Dictionaries
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780195425703
- Publish Date
- Oct 2006
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
All the lexical authority of the Second Edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary stands behind the second edition of the Compact Canadian Oxford Dictionary. The dictionary packs 200,000 words, phrases, and definitions in a handy format. A product of Oxford University Press's ongoing examination of the English language, this up-to-the-minute dictionary covers the language as it is used today in Canada and around the world. All entries have been written from a Canadian point of view, providing Canadian pronunciations and includingover 1,800 words and senses unique to our country. With its 200,000 words, phrases, and definitions, and brought up to date with over 1,600 new words and senses, the Compact Oxford Canadian Dictionary is the most authoritative, handy and cost-efficient dictionary of its size available today.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Katherine Barber, who heads Oxford University Press Canada's Canadian Dictionary Department, was Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. In 1999, she won the Canadian Booksellers Association's Editor of the Year Award. Robert Pontisso, Senior Lexicographer, has worked on botheditions of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, co-edited Canadian Oxford Spelling, and edited the Paperback Oxford Canadian Thesaurus. Heather Fitzgerald has worked on the second edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
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