Synopses & Reviews
This award-winning book contains these essential features: More than 13,000 main entries, fully updated for the twenty-first century Hundreds of Word History, Language Detective, Vocabulary Builder, and Spelling notes More than 1,000 full-color photographs and drawings 26-page appendix including separate thesaurus, phonics and spelling, measurement, and geography sections
Synopsis
This award-winning book contains these essential features: < br=""> & bull; More than 13,000 main entries, fully updated for the twenty-first century< br=""> & bull; Hundreds of Word History, Language Detective, Vocabulary Builder, and Spelling notes< br=""> & bull; More than 1,000 full-color photographs and drawings< br=""> & bull; 26-page appendix including separate thesaurus, phonics and spelling, < br=""> measurement, and geography sections
About the Author
The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and of other reference titles published by Houghton Mifflin Company are trained lexicographers with a varied array of interests and expertise. Most of the editors hold graduate degrees and have studied at least one foreign language. Several have degrees in linguistics or in the history of the English language. Others have degrees in science or sometimes other disciplines. All the editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work in association with consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.