Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary

by Betty Kirkpatrick (Editor)

- Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary has all the features essential in a dictionary for learners of the English language - and others which make it the foremost dictionary of its kind. Its outstanding feature, however, is its simplicity. This is a dictionary which the individual student can use without relying on the help of a teacher.

- Helpful and practical introduction on how to use the dictionary

- Emphasis on the words and phrases which learners are most likely to need

- Clear and accurate definitions in simple language - but no awkward definitions resulting from an unnaturally restricted vocabulary

- Copious examples, in lively and natural English, of how words and phrases are actually used - much more important for the learner than the number of references

- Careful labelling system indicating in what kind of a situation a word is appropriate - or inaproppriate!

- Information on grammar and usage included in individual entries - no difficult coding system, no need for constant reference to the Introduction

- Easy-to-follow layout - compounds and phrases each given a separate line

- Easily understood IPA pronunciation scheme

- Useful and varied Appendices

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

907 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Betty Kirkpatrick, also known as E.M. Kirkpatrick, a British writer and lexicographer & prominent editor of several dictionaries and thesauruses