{"product_id":"dictionary-of-caribbean-english-usage-paperback","title":"Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Allsopp\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage\u003c\/i\u003e is the first attempt for over four hundred years to provide an authentic record of current English from the Caribbean archipelago, Guyana and Belize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing its data from a broad range of enquiry through teacher workshops in twenty-two territories in eighteen states, from speech recordings and over one thousand written sources of Caribbean literature, reference works, magazines, pamphlets and newspapers, the \u003ci\u003eDictionary\u003c\/i\u003e surveys a range of over twenty thousand words and phrases and with hundreds of illustrative citations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a specially designed system of labelling, the \u003ci\u003eDictionary\u003c\/i\u003e offers maximum levels of clarity and accessibility. Providing four levels of identification from Creole to Formal, and with labels to denote social and grammatical register, it also gives particular focus to Indic and French Creole loan-words, Etymological and Usage Notes are included, as well as a short supplement listing Caribbean French and Spanish equivalents to Caribbean English items selected from the main work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering as it does a large number of independent and non-contiguous states, the \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Caribbean English Usage\u003c\/i\u003e is not only an instrument of education wherever Caribbean people live in the world but also a unique contribution to international lexicography and the record of World English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published by Oxford University Press in 1996, the \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Caribbean English Usage\u003c\/i\u003e is now available in a paperback edition for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid book.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederic G. Cassidy \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a work by a man who relishes languages for its own sake and who uses it with gusto.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Hancock, University of Texas at Austin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 776\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.59 x 8.86 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105335316615,"sku":"9789766401450","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/81dafdf6659324a4273afc90b09ef321.webp?v=1732433563","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dictionary-of-caribbean-english-usage-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}