To Put It Straight: DARE Is Not a Dictionary of Slang or Americanisms
Christopher J. Feider
(Information services and bibliographic instruction librarian at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.)
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Abstract
It is often helpful to describe something by first stating what it is not. Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) is not a dictionary of Americanisms, nor is it a dictionary of slang; DARE differs from those reference tools in features and purpose.
Citation
Feider, C.J. (1987), "To Put It Straight: DARE Is Not a Dictionary of Slang or Americanisms", Reference Services Review, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048978
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1987, MCB UP Limited