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RR 2012/223 Concise Oxford English Dictionary (12th edition) Edited by Angus Stevenson and Maurice White Oxford University Press Oxford 2011 xxi + 1682 pp. ISBN 978 0 19 960108 0 £25/$35 Also available with a CD-ROM (ISBN 978 0 19 960110 3; £31.80) and as a "luxury" edition (ISBN 978 0 19 960111 0; £30)
Keywords Dictionaries, English language
Review DOI 10.1108/09504121211240620
The year 2011 is special for the Concise Oxford English Dictionary and - I would say - for lexicographers and language lovers worldwide. It marks the centenary of what is probably one of the most loved and used dictionaries of English. Oxford University Press has marked the occasion by publishing the twelfth edition of their Concise.
As customary, each new edition of the dictionary is an updated version of those that have preceded it. Like its predecessors, this version offers users the fruits of the latest efforts of lexicographers. New words have been added, some have been dropped, and new features have been included - or old ones improved - to make consultation easier. I shall address some of these later. However, to begin with, I shall mention some additions that have been included to mark this work's special anniversary.
To begin with, Oxford University Press has published a reprint of the first edition of the Concise. This is a...