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Bradley, D. – Yelmo, 1981
Presents the first part of a glossary of new social and political terms. Each entry is followed by a paragraph defining its meaning and origin, and by one or more quotations, where the word appears in unusually extensive contexts. Quotations are taken mostly from the news media. (MES)
Descriptors: Definitions, Etymology, Foreign Countries, Glossaries
Viet, Jean – 1976
This thesaurus is a bilingual list of descriptors developed to facilitate sharing of information relevant to cultural development. Three listings are included. The first is grouped in generic categories with subheadings of more specific descriptors. Entries in this list are written in English and French. The second and third lists are alphabetic;…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Culture, Documentation, Education
Crowther, Jonathan, Ed.; Kavanagh, Kathryn, Ed. – 1999
The guide to American and British culture, for upper secondary- and university-level students, is intended for use by learners of English as a second language. It is designed to explain specific aspects of British and American life and traditions not generally included in English language dictionaries. The guide has a dictionary format, with terms…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Bradley, D. – Yelmo, 1979
Presents a list of new socio-political terms in Spanish that are being used more frequently in literature today. Definitions of the terms are included. (NCR)
Descriptors: Glossaries, Language Usage, Linguistic Borrowing, Political Issues
Allsopp, Richard, Ed. – 1996
This dictionary is designed to provide an inventory of English usage in the Caribbean environment and lifestyle as known and spoken in each territory but not recorded in the standard British and American desk dictionaries. It cross-references different names for the same item throughout the anglophone Caribbean, identifies different items called…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English, Etymology, Foreign Countries
Bergsland, Knut, Ed. – 1998
An analysis of Aleut personal names is presented, derived from census data obtained during a 1790-1792 scientific expedition to the Aleutian Islands. The census contained about 1,500 different Aleut male names from 66 villages, listed alphabetically and interpreted here. Some identifiable female names are also included. The work also provides…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Family (Sociological Unit), Females
Bergsland, Knut, Comp. – 1994
This comprehensive dictionary draws on ethnographic and linguistic work of the Aleut language and culture dating to 1745. An introductory section explains the dictionary's format, offers a brief historical survey, and contains notes on Aleut phonology and orthography, dialectal differences and developments, Eskimo-Aleut phonological…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries
