Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary

Oxford Dictionaries (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2016
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-273645-1 (ISBN)

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A dictionary of real and invented words used by the world's best storyteller. The Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary reveals what they mean, where they came from and how he used them in his stories. It will inspire you to choose and use each word brilliantly in your own writing - whether it's a real word, a Roald Dahl word or your own made-up one!

This is not an ordinary dictionary. After all, you wouldn't expect an Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary to be ordinary, would you? Lots of dictionaries tell you what an alligator is, or how to spell balloon but they won't explain the difference between a ringbeller and a trogglehumper, or say why witches need gruntles eggs or suggest a word for the shape of a Knid. This dictionary does all those things.

All the words that Roald Dahl invented are here, like biffsquiggled and whizzpopping to remind you what means what, but that is not all. You'll also find out where words came from, rhyming words, synonyms and lots of alternative words for words that are overused.

Oxford Children's Dictionaries are perfect for supporting literacy and learning and this is the world's first Roald Dahl Dictionary from the word experts at Oxford University Press. With real citations from Roald Dahl's children's books and illustrations by Quentin Blake, this is authoritative, engaging and accessible and will inspire and encourage young writers and readers.

Susan Rennie has worked on many dictionaries for both children and adults, including the Oxford Primary Dictionary, Oxford Primary Thesaurus, the Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools and the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. She also writes books in Scots for children, and has translated the first Scots edition of Tintin. Susan is currently a Lecturer in English Language at the University of Glasgow where she teaches lexicography and the history of Scots and English.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.05.2016
Co-Autor	Susan Rennie, Roald Dahl
Illustrationen	Quentin Blake
Zusatzinfo	Colour
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 251 mm
Gewicht	969 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Kunst / Musik
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
ISBN-10	0-19-273645-0 / 0192736450
ISBN-13	978-0-19-273645-1 / 9780192736451
Zustand	Neuware