The ''Canadian Oxford Dictionary'' is a
dictionary
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of
Canadian English
Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the Variety (linguistics), varieties of English language, English used in Canada. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, 2016 census, English was the first language of 19.4 million Canadians or ...
. First published by
Oxford University Press
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Canada in 1998, it became a well-known reference for Canadian English.
The second edition, published in 2004, contains about 300,000 entries, including about 2,200 true
Canadianisms. It also provides information on Canadian pronunciation and on Canadian spelling, which has features of both
British
British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
* British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...
and
American spelling: ''colour'', ''centre'', and ''travelling'', but ''tire'', ''aluminum'', and ''realize'', resulting in combinations such as '.
Editorial staff and development method
Until September 2008, Oxford maintained a permanent staff of
lexicographer
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* Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionary, dictionaries.
* The ...
s in Canada, led by editor
Katherine Barber. With its Canadian dictionary division closed, Oxford has since been outsourcing work on Canadian dictionary products to freelance editors.
[Canwest News Service,]
Oxford closes Canadian dictionary division
, October 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
Editions and versions
*
;Prior editions
*
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;Picture dictionary
*
*
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;Paperback
* Alex Bisset, editor. ''The Canadian Oxford Paperback Dictionary'' (first edition 2000, reissued 2004, second edition 2006) Toronto, Oxford University Press.
;Compact
* ''The Canadian Oxford Compact Dictionary'' (published 2001, reissued 2004)
;Concise
* ''Concise Canadian Oxford Dictionary'' (published 2005)
;High school
* ''The Canadian Oxford High School Dictionary'' (published 2002, reissued 2004)
;Spelling
* ''The Canadian Oxford Spelling Dictionary'' (published 1999, reissued 2004)
;Juvenile
* ''My First Canadian Oxford Dictionary''
Other Canadian English dictionaries
Two other major Canadian English dictionaries are the ''
ITP Nelson Canadian Dictionary'' and the ''
Gage Canadian Dictionary''.
See also
*
List of Canadian English dictionaries
List of Canadian English dictionary, dictionaries:
* ''Canadian Oxford Dictionary''
* ''Collins Canadian Dictionary''
* ''A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles''
* ''Gage Canadian Dictionary''
* ''Houghton Mifflin Canadian Dict ...
References
External links
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{{Dictionaries of English
English dictionaries
English language in Canada
Oxford dictionaries
1998 non-fiction books
Canadian English