The American Heritage Thesaurus for Learners of English - Hardcover

Joyce LeBaron; Susannah LeBaron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618129901 ISBN 13: 9780618129904

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

Synopsis

Learning to use synonyms in another language can be hard, challenging, complicated, even trying. This unique reference, the only book of its kind in the U.S. market, contains more than 6,000 synonyms that have been carefully chosen for their usefulness to students of English, both intermediate and advanced. Every synonym has a short, clear definition that helps distinguish it from other synonyms in its group and its own example sentence showing proper usage and clarifying shades of meaning.
A useful appendix includes thematic word groups, a list of frequently misspelled words, irregular verbs, and information on common idioms, sound-alikes, and other areas of difficulty for English learners.

About this title

About the Author:

The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries are a team of professional lexicographers with advanced degrees in various scholarly fields. The editors familiarize themselves with the vocabulary in specific subject areas, collect materials on new developments and usage, and work with expert consultants to ensure that the content of our publications is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible.

From Booklist:

With more than 6,000 synonyms, this volume provide an excellent resource for the intended audience of learners of English as a second language.

The list of synonyms for any given word lacks the depth and breadth of word choice provided by a standard thesaurus such as The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English (1999), with 350,000 synonyms. However, unlike a standard thesaurus, the synonyms are not just listed but defined and also used in sample sentences. Two bonus features are a section on irregular English verbs and a section on idiomatic use of prepositions such as attest to, estranged from, and proficient at. Recommended for libraries serving ESL communities. RBB
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About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0618129901
• ISBN 13: 9780618129904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336