A friend in need is a friend indeed,” says a Latin proverb and according to me it aptly defines ‘dictionary’. There are many ways through which a person can find out more about words, but the best one ...

The great lexicographers understood that a worthy dictionary was descriptive, not prescriptive. It would simply record what we’ve already agreed upon socially You can save this article by registering ...

"Just how far removed we had already become from Britain even in the nineteenth century was not well understood in the mother country," begins an essay in the first pages of the Canadian Oxford ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. To compile a dictionary of nearly every word in the English language was an endeavor typical of Victorian times, complete with ...

A new dictionary of a unique Indigenous language in Cape York has been published — the first in more than 20 years. Flemish researcher, Professor Jean-Cristophe Verstraete worked on the dictionary for ...

An online “talking dictionary” first launched in 2009 is attempting to preserve and pass on the Ainu language spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of Japan's northeastern island of Hokkaido and ...

"Just how far removed we had already become from Britain even in the nineteenth century was not well understood in the mother country," begins an essay at the beginning of the Canadian Oxford ...