English-SerboCroatian Dictionary

by Morton Benson (Editor)

Overview

This extensive contemporary dictionary provides about 60,000 English headwords and 100,000 phrases, idioms, and collocations. It is the only bilingual dictionary giving phonetic transcription of both the American and British pronunciations for all headwords and consistently covers American English as well as British English, drawing attention to differences wherever they occur. It provides thorough treatment of English grammar and idiomatic usages. The dictionary is the best available guide for speakers of SerboCroatian who are learning English at any level, and for speakers of English who are studying SerboCroatian at an advanced level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521099219
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/11/2008
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	780
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Preface second edition; Preface third edition; Introduction; 1. Scope of the dictionary; 2. Standard dialects of English; 3. Treatment of entries; Bibliography; Abbreviations used; Transcription; Dictionary.

Editorial Reviews

"The Benson dictionaries....have long been recognized as outstanding achievements in the field of bilingual Slavic lexicography....they accomplished the nearly impossible task of codifying two languages, each of which has significant variants." William W. Derbyshire, Slavic and East European Journal

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