The Oxford Concise Dictionary of Linguistics (2nd ed.)

First published in 1997 and now with over 3,150 clear, concise entries, this eminently serviceable dictionary explores the theory of language, outlines language history and explains key ideas in linguistics, grammatical terms in English and grammatical categories in other languages. New to this edition is expanded coverage of linguists (such as recent theorists Peter Trudgill and Dell Hymes), and of regional dialects. New topics include the age‐related phenomenon of “Estuary English”. Entries throughout have been updated and where necessary corrected.

This popular dictionary is the work of Peter H. Matthews, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Cambridge University. His publications in...