English-SerboCroatian Dictionary [Hardcover]

Morton Benson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0521384966 | ISBN-13: 978-0521384964 | Edition: 3 Sub

This extensive contemporary dictionary provides about 60,000 English headwords and 100,000 phrases, idioms, and collocations. It is the only bilingual dictionary giving phonetic transcription of both the American and British pronunciations for all headwords and consistently covers American English as well as British English, drawing attention to differences wherever they occur. It provides thorough treatment of English grammar and idiomatic usages. The dictionary is the best available guide for speakers of SerboCroatian who are learning English at any level, and for speakers of English who are studying SerboCroatian at an advanced level.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The Benson dictionaries....have long been recognized as outstanding achievements in the field of bilingual Slavic lexicography....they accomplished the nearly impossible task of codifying two languages, each of which has significant variants." William W. Derbyshire, Slavic and East European Journal

Language Notes

Text: English, Serbo-Croation

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 774 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 3 Sub edition (March 30, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521384966
• ISBN-13: 978-0521384964
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #596,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Only Large Serbo-Croatian Dictionary, May 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: English-SerboCroatian Dictionary (Hardcover)

This dictionary is a standard, and very comprehensive. As it contains some Bosnian words, I am surprised that Bosnian is left out of the title as Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian Dictionary is not too long a title.

It is particularly nice that it is available online as orders for it have taken a long time for some people to receive.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars a rip-off from Cambridge University Press, November 28, 2001

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"zozon" (West Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English-SerboCroatian Dictionary (Hardcover)

there is nothing actually wrong with the content of this abridged version of really great dictionary – there is enough words here to make you understand everything. still, i remember the previous editions of this book as much better organized and with much better print. this dictionary is poorly organized, which makes the Introduction hard to understand, and its print is rather bad, which makes the Introduction Content and Dictionary itself hard to read/reference. (...)

up to date, better organized, with better print and much cheaper editions of this dictionary can be found through “native” bookstores.

don’t be cheated - buy native.

5.0 out of 5 stars UNSDISPENSABLE, December 25, 2008

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Nebojsa Kostic (Wien) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: English-SerboCroatian Dictionary (Paperback)

THIS BOOK REMAINS UNDISPENSABLE.

IF YOU ARE LEARNING SERBOBCROATION YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT THIS DICTIONARY.