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Online Chinese Tools, With Chinese English Dictionary
A great site that provides tools to assist people learning and using the Chinese language. Resources include flashcards, pinyin converter, Chinese-English dictionary, calendar converter, Chinese number and currency converter, and more.
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British Library: Language & Literature: Dictionaries and Meanings
Article discusses the history of English dictionaries over a five-hundred-year period. Includes selections from Samuel Johnson's dictionary of 1755 and the Oxford English Dictionary. With useful comments about the origins of words,...
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Mdbg: Word Dictionary Advanced
The word dictionary aimed at learners of Chinese; a useful resource for Chinese English language learners as well; it contains information about Chinese words, consisting of one or more characters. Each entry in the word dictionary...
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Mdbg: Word Dictionary Basic
A basic word dictionary, aimed at learners of Chinese; a useful resource for Chinese English language learners as well. Search either by Chinese, Pinyin or English Definition. Audio is in Chinese Mandarin pinyin.
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Rutgers University: Use, Elegance, and National Identity in Johnson's Dictionary
An analytical discussion of Johnson's use of literary technique in his dictionary. It includes notes and bibliography.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Johnson's Dictionary: Myths and Realities
David Crystal looks past the myths surrounding Samuel Johnson's Dictionary to discover a work of remarkable precision, sensitivity, and attention to social and regional variation.
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Rutgers University: Johnson on the History of the Language
Critical analysis of Johnson's use of literary sources in his dictionary, and his contribution to the development of modern English. Includes extensive notes and bibliography.
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Mdbg: Translation
The main purpose of this site is to teach Chinese to native speakers of English but its bilingual content makes it a useful resource for Chinese English language learners as well; translate a small text from English to Chinese or the...
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Karpeles Manuscript Library: Webster's Dictionary
Information about Noah Webster's first dictionary and the reasons he undertook such a project.
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Colorin Colorado: Ell Glossary
Bilingual reference resource, English/Spanish. Contains a huge range of resources for teachers and hispanic parents, including a glossary of educational terms, assessment, literacy, disabilities, and much more.
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Colorin Colorado: Ell Glossary
Bilingual reference resource, English/Spanish. Contains a huge range of resources for teachers and hispanic parents, including a glossary of educational terms, assessment, literacy, disabilities, and much more.
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Bartleby.com: Scholars: Noah Webster
From "Cambridge History of English and American Literature," this site examines Noah Webster's contributions to education as a textbook writer. Lists his major textbooks and describes their popularity.
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Rutgers University: Studied Barbarity: Johnson, Spenser, and Literary Progress
Literary analysis of Johnson's writings in relation to Edmund Spenser. Features extensive notes and bibliographical info.
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