Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm
Reihe: Oxford Paperback Reference
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm
Reihe: Oxford Paperback Reference
ISBN: 978-0-19-860894-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Key Features:Now in OPR: the paperback of the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs 4/e, published October 2003
- Builds on the third edition, published in 1998, of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, with improved coverage, accessibility, and layout
- Expands overall coverage to 1,100 proverbs
- Adds further value to the ancillary material including the thematic index and the glosses on the individual proverbs
- Reader-friendly style, yet maintains the scholarly standards of earlier editions
- Increased level of annotation to meet the growing demands and cosmopolitanism of the readership
- Over 24,000 copies sold of previous paperback edition
Description:
Now available in paperback, this brand new edition is a valuable updating and revision of the well-loved classic, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, with increased coverage. Presented in a thoroughly reader-friendly style yet staying true to the scholarly standards that have characterized earlier editions, it offers more detailed annotation and up-to-the-minute citations from around the English-speaking world.
New additions include 'another day, another dollar', 'bad things come in threes', 'better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep', and 'there is more than one way to skin a cat', with new illustrative quotations putting proverbs in their historical context. This edition also contains a full thematic index.
PREVIOUS EDITION: 0-19-280084-1
Zielgruppe
General trade, those with an interest in language, proverbs, and their history.
