English-SerboCroatian Dictionary

Professional translators have called earlier editions of this work and its companion volume 'the ultimate authority'.

Morton Benson (Edited by)

9780521384964, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 March 1990

776 pages
24.6 x 16.9 x 4.2 cm, 1.25 kg

"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

The term 'SerboCroatian' denotes a South Slavic language with several varieties. These varieties are spoken in areas that compromised the former Yugoslavia. People living in Serbia and Montenegro now usually call their language 'Serbian'. People living in Croatia now usually call their language 'Croatian'. People living in Bosnia and Hercegovina now usually call their language 'Bosnian'. The varieties of SerboCroatian, as used by educated speakers, are mutually intelligible in the same manner as the varieties of English are mutually intelligible. The dictionary is a guide for speakers of SerboCroatian who are learning English at any level, and for speakers of English who are studying SerboCraoatian at an advanced level. Professional translators have called earlier editions of this work and its companion volume 'the ultimate authority'.

Preface
Preface second edition
Preface third edition
Introduction
1. Scope of the dictionary
2. Standard dialects of English
3. Treatment of entries
Bibliography
Abbreviations used
Transcription
Dictionary.

Subject Areas: Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries [CBDX]