The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slangilluminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as "Beltway bandit" and ...

Now in its second edition, this invaluable work is the most authoritative dictionary of linguistics of its kind available. The author, Peter Matthews, is professor of linguistics at Cambridge ...

Theories of Lexical Semantics offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. In spite of the growing importance of the lexicon in linguistic theory, ...