Unabridged Dictionary and Abridged Dictionary

Oxford-English Dictionary (OED)Webster’s Third International Dictionary

Presented by Brenda LevertFeb. 20, 2010

A dictionary that is selectively compiled; typically based on a larger

dictionary (between 130,000 and 265,000 words)

Abridged Dictionary

- Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialist: Tools and Tips, 2nd Edition

Unabridged Dictionary

A dictionary that attempts to include all of the words in the language that are used at the time the dictionary is assembled (more than 265,000 words)

- Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialist: Tools and Tips, 2nd Edition

Desk dictionariesAbridged dictionaries, often called desk dictionaries, list 150,000 to 250,000 words and concentrate largely on fairly common words and meanings. A good desk dictionary will serve most reference needs for writing or reading. The following lists dependable abridged dictionaries:

The American Heritage Dictionary The Random House Webster's College Dictionary Mirriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Unabridged dictionariesUnabridged dictionaries are the most scholarly and comprehensive of all dictionaries, sometimes consisting of many volumes. They emphasize the history of words and the variety of their uses. An unabridged dictionary is useful when studying a word in depth, reading or writing about the literature of another century, or looking for a quotation containing a particular word. The following unabridged dictionaries are available at most good libraries.

The Oxford English Dictionary, (20 volumes) The Random House Dictionary of the English Language Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language

Webster’s Third International Dictionary of the English Language

Unabridged

More than 472,000 entries200,000 usages examples3,000 pictorials illustrationsMore than 1,000 synonym articlesThumb indexClear definitions Comprehensive etymologiesLiterary quotes150 years of accumulated scholarship help

Oxford English DictionaryOver the last millennium the it is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language

Unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words

Traces usage of words through 2.5 million quotations

Offers etymological analysis

Listing of variant spelling, and pronunciation using International Phonetic Alphabet

Updated quarterly

Oxford English DictionaryFirst Edition Facts

Proposed size: 4 volumes Actual size: 10 volumes

Proposed time to complete: 10 years Actual time to complete: 70 years

Publication date: 1884-1928 in 128 fascicles. Published in 10 volumes in 1928 and reissued in 12 volumes in 1933, with addition of one-volume Supplement

Number of pages edited by James Murray: est., 7,200

OED First Edition FactsNumber of entries: 252,200

Number of word forms defined and/or illustrated: 414,800

Number of contributors (readers): est. 2,000

Number of quotations submitted by contributors: est. 5 million

Number of quotations used in Dictionary: 1,861,200

Number of authors represented in quotations: 2,700

Number of works represented in quotations: 4,500

Oxford English Dictionary

“An exhilarating aspect of a living language is that it continually changes.”

-OED

Oxford English Dictionary

‘greatest continuing work of scholarship that this century has produced’

-Newsweek

ComparisonSuppose you want to look up the word "synecdoche.“ Which of the following scenarios do you prefer?

1. Find volume 10 of the OED and learn that Wyclif (1338) defined it as "whanne a part is set for al, either al is set for oo par . . ."

2. Start computer, find CD ROM, load CD ROM, go to OED, step through program, find information, unload CD ROM, turn off computer, file CD ROM, go back to what you were doing in the first place.

3. Open W3 and read "a figure of speech by which a part is put for a whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships) . . ."

W3 is THE dictionary. It belongs in everyone's home. At the listed price it is an incredible bargain. Highly recommended

Pre-activities

The News and Observer:“The officials at RDU will collaborate on the minutia of repatriating the refugees from Kuwait.”

Define the following word parts: • col-: together or with• ate-: make or cause• mini-: small• re-: again• patri-: country• fug-: flee

Try again to paraphrase the sentence

Paraphrase the following sentence

Prefixes1. con,com,

col, cor 2. re 3. ob 4. circum

5. anti 6. super 7. in, il, im, ir 8. e, ex, ef

9. bene 10. sub 11. de 12. per

13. pre 14. equi 15. intro (intra)

Activity 1 Prefix Association Words Prefix Definition 1. con,com, col, cor   2. re   3. ob   4. circum   5. anti   6. super   7. in, il, im, ir   8. e, ex, ef   9. bene   10. sub   11. de   12. per   13. pre   14. equi   15. intro (intra)

Prefix Association Words Prefix Definition 1. con,com, col, co combine, contact, collect, cooperate together  2. re return, review, revive again  3. ob obsolete, objurgation, object, obtuse against 4. circum circumvent, circumspect around 5. anti antibody, antithesis, anticlimax against 6. super supervise, supernatural, supercilious over  7. in, il, im, ir inscribe, illicit, impossible, irreverent not, in, into 8. e, ex, ef evade, excise, effluent out 9. bene benefit, benevolent, benefactor good 10. sub subterranean, subtract, subordinate under 11. de deposit, descent, denounce down 12. per perception, perambulate, perforation through 13. pre prelude, preposition, premonition before  14. equi equitable, equilateral, equilibrium equal  15. intro (intra) introduce, introvert, intramural into, within

On a sheet of paper, you are to work with your group to write an association word including one of the prefixes and label the definition of the prefix. You are to illustrate the word’s meaning by drawing a picture. Make these colorful so we can display them in the classroom as reminders of the prefix definitions and association words.

Vocabulary Illustrations

References

Hendricks, V. (n.d.) Sequential Vocabulary: Lesson 1. Learn NC. Retrieved

February 15, 2010 from http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3130

Oxford University Press (2009). Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved from

http://dictionary.oed.com.ezproxy.uwa.edu:2048/

Reitz, J. (2004). Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science.

Retrieved from http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_u.cfm

Riedling, A. (2005). Reference Skills for the School Library Media Specialist:

Tools and Tips, 2nd Edition

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