South African Pocket Oxford Dictionary

A completly revised and expanded edition of the southern African version of the Pocket Oxford Dictionary, this best-seller is packed with hundreds of new words as well as over 2500 South African entries. New Usage Notes provide guidance on standard English, while non-standard English usagesand offensive words are highlighted. Grammar Notes, explaining difficult terms make this a vital dictionary for both teachers and students.

This is a completely revised and updated adaptation for southern Africa of the world's best-selling, most practical pocket English dictionary and now more user-friendly than ever.

This newly revised and updated pocket dictionary reproduces the text of the internationally renowned Oxford Pocket Dictionary and includes the most current meanings and usage of South African English words. The book encompasses obvious words such as braai and tickey, as well as the different senses in which South Africans use some English words such as robot, just now, and stay well. It also offers: *Over 50,000 words and phrases dealt with in over 900 pages *British and U.S. spellings *2,500 South African entries, examples: fundi, fynbos, indaba, mafuta, potjiekos, staffrider, takkie, township, tsotsi *Vocabulary of science, computers, and technology *Vocabulary of the English literary tradition *South African, British and International abbreviations, examples: CIA, ECU, FBI, IMF, KGB, NUM, UDF, VOC *Pronunciation key: International phonetic alphabet *Usage notes for disputed and racially sensitive items.

A concise dictionary for speakers of English, ideal for families, students and professionals. Based on the Concise Oxford Dictionary (10th ed) and adapted for local use at the Dictionary Unit for South African English, Rhodes University, it defines over 200,000 words and phrases, and is distinguished by clear language and design. It is a guide to everyday language, specialist technical, scientific, literary and historical vocabulary, and new words. The almost 2000 items from South African English make it a resource for understanding local culture and current affairs. Features include notes on language usage, a pronunciation guide to words that commonly cause uncertainty, notes on the origins of words, and a list of South African institutions and organizations and their abbreviations.

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.