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Tapping the brain for words 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Our next guest post comes from Doug Higby. Doug is with SIL International where he coordinates training and promotion of technology for advancing language-based development in the thousands of languag...
Seeding, weeding, map-reading, heeding 26 Aug 2013 | 01:24 pm
In my previous post I described the metaphor of ‘building a house‘ as one way of understanding the process of language acquisition, and suggested that it contains more than a grain of truth, but has i...
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On caring less, and a new abbreviation (Ћ) stancarey.wordpress.com 15 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
I have a couple of new posts up at Macmillan Dictionary Blog. Do we need to abbreviate ‘the’? looks at a recent orthographic innovation: Ћ, intended as a one-character symbol for the. If there were a...
Weekly BuzzWord macmillandictionaries.com 5 Mar 2011 | 12:24 am
The popular Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord feature brings you a topical or current word every week. In and in-depth article, author Kerry Maxwell provides the definition, examples and the background to...
MacMillan Dictionary for Students dehkadeyezaban.com 7 Feb 2010 | 08:20 pm
Published by: macmillan File size: 22.3 mb File type: pdf MacMillan Dictionary for Students: More Than 100,000 Definitions From the publishers of the best-selling Macmillan Dictionary for Children, ...
Macmillan dictionary redefines ‘marriage’ christian.org.uk 23 Aug 2013 | 03:59 pm
The Macmillan dictionary has redefined the word “marriage” to include same-sex couples, and may change its definition of “husband” and “wife”. The dictionary’s definition of the institution is now, “t...
MacMillan Dictionary expands definition of marriage to include gay couples marilynstowe.co.uk 23 Aug 2013 | 11:18 pm
The prestigious MacMillan Dictionary has changed its definition of the word ‘marriage’ to include gay couples, becoming the first British dictionary to do so. The entry now reads: “The relationship ...
Languge tip of the week: increase macmillandictionaryblog.com 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spell...
Macmillan Dictionary’s new update macmillandictionaryblog.com 19 Aug 2013 | 01:35 pm
In an earlier post, I mentioned an interview I had with a journalist, many years ago, about all the changes we had made in a new edition of a dictionary I then edited. Predictably, none of the really ...
Language tip of the week: holiday macmillandictionaryblog.com 15 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spell...
Getting a new language macmillandictionaryblog.com 12 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
The meanings of acquire listed in the Macmillan Dictionary include: 1 to get something, for example by buying it or being given it 2 to get new knowledge or a new skill by learning it 5 to gradually d...
Language tip of the week: unsure macmillandictionaryblog.com 8 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spell...
