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Unabridged Dictionary and Abridged Dictionary
Oxford-English Dictionary (OED)Webster’s Third International Dictionary
Presented by Brenda LevertFeb. 20, 2010
A dictionary that is selectively compiled; typically based on a larger
dictionary (between 130,000 and 265,000 words)
Abridged Dictionary
- Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialist: Tools and Tips, 2nd Edition
Unabridged Dictionary
A dictionary that attempts to include all of the words in the language that are used at the time the dictionary is assembled (more than 265,000 words)
- Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialist: Tools and Tips, 2nd Edition
Desk dictionariesAbridged dictionaries, often called desk dictionaries, list 150,000 to 250,000 words and concentrate largely on fairly common words and meanings. A good desk dictionary will serve most reference needs for writing or reading. The following lists dependable abridged dictionaries:
The American Heritage Dictionary The Random House Webster's College Dictionary Mirriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Unabridged dictionariesUnabridged dictionaries are the most scholarly and comprehensive of all dictionaries, sometimes consisting of many volumes. They emphasize the history of words and the variety of their uses. An unabridged dictionary is useful when studying a word in depth, reading or writing about the literature of another century, or looking for a quotation containing a particular word. The following unabridged dictionaries are available at most good libraries.
The Oxford English Dictionary, (20 volumes) The Random House Dictionary of the English Language Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language
Webster’s Third International Dictionary of the English Language
Unabridged
More than 472,000 entries200,000 usages examples3,000 pictorials illustrationsMore than 1,000 synonym articlesThumb indexClear definitions Comprehensive etymologiesLiterary quotes150 years of accumulated scholarship help
Oxford English DictionaryOver the last millennium the it is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language
Unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words
Traces usage of words through 2.5 million quotations
Offers etymological analysis
Listing of variant spelling, and pronunciation using International Phonetic Alphabet
Updated quarterly
Oxford English DictionaryFirst Edition Facts
Proposed size: 4 volumes Actual size: 10 volumes
Proposed time to complete: 10 years Actual time to complete: 70 years
Publication date: 1884-1928 in 128 fascicles. Published in 10 volumes in 1928 and reissued in 12 volumes in 1933, with addition of one-volume Supplement
Number of pages edited by James Murray: est., 7,200
OED First Edition FactsNumber of entries: 252,200
Number of word forms defined and/or illustrated: 414,800
Number of contributors (readers): est. 2,000
Number of quotations submitted by contributors: est. 5 million
Number of quotations used in Dictionary: 1,861,200
Number of authors represented in quotations: 2,700
Number of works represented in quotations: 4,500
Oxford English Dictionary
“An exhilarating aspect of a living language is that it continually changes.”
-OED
Oxford English Dictionary
‘greatest continuing work of scholarship that this century has produced’
-Newsweek
ComparisonSuppose you want to look up the word "synecdoche.“ Which of the following scenarios do you prefer?
1. Find volume 10 of the OED and learn that Wyclif (1338) defined it as "whanne a part is set for al, either al is set for oo par . . ."
2. Start computer, find CD ROM, load CD ROM, go to OED, step through program, find information, unload CD ROM, turn off computer, file CD ROM, go back to what you were doing in the first place.
3. Open W3 and read "a figure of speech by which a part is put for a whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships) . . ."
W3 is THE dictionary. It belongs in everyone's home. At the listed price it is an incredible bargain. Highly recommended
Pre-activities
The News and Observer:“The officials at RDU will collaborate on the minutia of repatriating the refugees from Kuwait.”
Define the following word parts:
• col-: together or with• ate-: make or cause• mini-: small• re-: again• patri-: country• fug-: flee
Try again to paraphrase the sentence
Paraphrase the following sentence
Prefixes1. con,com,
col, cor 2. re 3. ob 4. circum
5. anti 6. super 7. in, il, im, ir 8. e, ex, ef
9. bene 10. sub 11. de 12. per
13. pre 14. equi 15. intro (intra)
Activity 1
Prefix Association Words Prefix Definition 1. con,com, col, cor 2. re 3. ob 4. circum 5. anti 6. super 7. in, il, im, ir 8. e, ex, ef 9. bene 10. sub 11. de 12. per 13. pre 14. equi 15. intro (intra)
Prefix Association Words Prefix Definition 1. con,com, col, co combine, contact, collect, cooperate together 2. re return, review, revive again 3. ob obsolete, objurgation, object, obtuse against 4. circum circumvent, circumspect around 5. anti antibody, antithesis, anticlimax against 6. super supervise, supernatural, supercilious over 7. in, il, im, ir inscribe, illicit, impossible, irreverent not, in, into 8. e, ex, ef evade, excise, effluent out 9. bene benefit, benevolent, benefactor good 10. sub subterranean, subtract, subordinate under 11. de deposit, descent, denounce down 12. per perception, perambulate, perforation through 13. pre prelude, preposition, premonition before 14. equi equitable, equilateral, equilibrium equal 15. intro (intra) introduce, introvert, intramural into, within
On a sheet of paper, you are to work with your group to write an association word including one of the prefixes and label the definition of the prefix. You are to illustrate the word’s meaning by drawing a picture. Make these colorful so we can display them in the classroom as reminders of the prefix definitions and association words.
Vocabulary Illustrations
References
Hendricks, V. (n.d.) Sequential Vocabulary: Lesson 1. Learn NC. Retrieved
February 15, 2010 from http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3130
Oxford University Press (2009). Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved from
http://dictionary.oed.com.ezproxy.uwa.edu:2048/
Reitz, J. (2004). Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science.
Retrieved from http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_u.cfm
Riedling, A. (2005). Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialist:
Tools and Tips, 2nd Edition
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Unknown. (2000) . Customer Review. Amazon.com. Retrieved February 16, 2010
from http://www.jcscl.org/Science-75-0877792011-
Third_New_International_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language.html
Unknown. (2010) . Montgomery College, Maryland. Dictionary Use. Retrieved
February 16, 2010 from
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/faculty/~steuben/public_html/dictio
naryuse.htm