Robert L. Chapman (1920–2002)

Autor von American Slang

7+ Werke 627 Mitglieder 3 Rezensionen

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Robert L. Chapman has spent much of his professional career editing numerous reference texts, including thesauruses and dictionaries. An ardent collector of slang as well as other words, Chapman was the revising editor of the fourth edition of Roget's International Thesaurus and the supervising mehr anzeigen editor of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary. Chapman, a retired Professor of English from Drew University, has also edited Roget A to Z, The Dictionary of American Slang, Concise Roget's International Thesaurus, and the Thesaurus of American Slang. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

Beinhaltet die Namen: Robert L. Chapman, ed. Robert L. Chapman, Robert L. Ph.D. Chapman

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American Slang (2010) 466 Exemplare

Roget A to Z (1994) 102 Exemplare

Thesaurus of American slang (1989) 52 Exemplare

The New International Webster's Dictionary of the English Language 4 Exemplare

美国俚语大全 1 Exemplar

ROGET'S POCKET THESAURUS 1 Exemplar

Torneado En Madera (Spanish Edition) (2005) 1 Exemplar

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Roget's International Thesaurus (1852) — Herausgeber, einige Ausgaben — 3,801 Exemplare

The Concise Roget's International Thesaurus (5th Edition) (1986) — einige Ausgaben — 240 Exemplare

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Rechtmäßiger Name: Chapman, Robert Lundquist
Geburtstag: 1920-12-28
Todestag: 2002-01-27
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Sterbeort: Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Wohnorte: Madison, New Jersey, USA
Ausbildung: University of Michigan
Berufe: English professor
editor
lexicographer
Organisationen: Cornell University
Oswego State Teachers College
Wilkes College
Drew University
United States Army
Funk and Wagnalls (Zeige alle 7)
Holt, Rinehart and Winston

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The Dictionary of American Slang von Robert L. Chapman

Un "must" per chi traduce slang americano. Di facilissima consultazione e utilissimo.
Segnalato da Rosaria Contestabile

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Biblit | 2 weitere Rezensionen | May 12, 2010 |

American slang von Robert L. Chapman

Overall I find the book unsatisfying, even though it's fun to browse. For example, it doesn't have "coon's age", a term I've always wondered about--is the coon an animal or a person? Etymologies are incomplete or non-existent, some of the terms are more idiom than slang ("man-about-town"), and some are regular dictionary words (to marry, as to join or bring together).

All of these nit-picks may mean I should shell out for the unabridged edition, but I think a better job could have been done on the abridgment.… (mehr)

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IreneF | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 6, 2008 |

New Dictionary of American Slang von Harold Dictionary of American Slang Wentworth

This was a present from my dear American pal to counteract my plague of questions.

I read it now, to look up 'kudos' but it's not there! It is however, in the OED!

Never look a gift horse in the mouth = neigh!

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mcewen | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 4, 2008 |

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