The Oxford English Dictionary

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1 The Oxford English Dictionary SECOND EDITION Prepared by J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner 'A stupendous achievement... without question the dictionary is a superb example of organized scholarship' William Golding, Evening Standard 'The gigantic total picture of the English language... the OED is an epic achievement' Anthony Burgess, The Observer 'An epic of the English language, which will... record and influence the way we speak and write until the end of time.' Philip Howard, The Times 'Endlessly fascinating... a huge pleasure' John Mortimer, The Mail on Sunday The new edition of the world's most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English integrates the original edition with the Supplement in one alphabetical sequence, and adds a further 5,000 new words and meanings. The Dictionary now incorporates the International Phonetic Alphabet and has been completely re-designed to make it much easier to use , twenty volumes, 21,728 pages, over half a million words defined, more than 2.4 million illustrative quotations, 1,500 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS For further information on the Oxford English Dictionary and other Oxford dictionaries, write to Ludo Craddock at Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP.

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3 UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MA in Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages The range of this Master's course makes it suitable for experienced teachers, teacher trainers, materials and course designers, language planners and advisers or inspectors in ESOL in this country or from overseas. The course will occupy a full academic year. The content will include the theoretical underpinnings of language teaching; methodology, teaching techniques and course design; English for specific purposes and study skills. Further details and application forms from: The Secretary (TESOL), School of Education, 21 University Road, Leicester LEI 7RF. THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD TO ADVERTISE IN THIS PUBLICATION CONTACT: Isobel Bunn Oxford University Press Pinkhill House Southfield Road Eynsham Oxford 0X8 1JJ Telephone: (0865) Telex: OXPRES Fax: (0865) MA in Applied Linguistics 112 months duration} The programme is designed with the interests in mind of all those professionally concerned with language, and offers both taught courses and the opportunity for individual research. Entry either in October or April. Core Course: Language Study (syntax, phonology, semantics and pragmatics) Research Methods (qualitative and quantitative) Electives: Language Learning & Acquisition History & Principles of Translation The Management of English Language Teaching For turner Information contact: Or Mike Reynolds, Department of English Language S Linguistics, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN. Telephone: (0742) Ouo».-el: MRAL I

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5 AIMS The aim of this journal is to promote a principled approach to language education and other language-related concerns by encouraging inquiry into the relationship between theoretical and practical studies. The journal is less interested in the ad hoc solution of particular problems and more interested in the handling of problems in a principled way by reference to theoretical studies. Viewing applied linguistics as a relation between theory and practice, the editors give priority to papers which develop specific links between theoretical linguistic studies, educational research, and the planning and implementation of practical programmes. Within this framework the journal welcomes contributions in such areas of current inquiry as first and second language learning and teaching, bilingualism and bilingual education, discourse analysis, translation, language testing, language teaching methodology, language planning, the study of interlanguages, stylistics and lexicography. The Editors intend to develop the Reviews section of the Journal. Offers to review important publications are welcomed, and should be addressed to the Reviews Editor. NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS Three copies of articles should be sent in typescript to one of the editors. If that editor judges that an article is to be considered for publication, he or she will send copies to the other editor and an external reader for assessment and comment. Authors should retain one copy to refer to when they receive editorial comment and for the correction of proofs. Articles should normally be in English, although contributions in other languages will be considered if they are provided with a substantial summary in English. An abstract not exceeding 200 words in length should be included with all articles. TYPESCRIPTS Contributions should be typed in double-spacing on one side of the paper. The presentation should conform as closely as possible to the printed style of the journal. References in the text of an article or review should be by author and year of publication, in the following style: Widdowson (1979) makes this distinction. This point is discussed in several places (Allen and Corder 1975, Stern 1983). Works referred to should be listed at the end of the article. Footnotes should appear not at the foot of the relevant page but at the end of the text. PROOFS Galley proofs will be sent to the author for correction and should be returned to the Oxford University Press within ten days of receipt. Page proofs will be corrected by the publisher. COPYRIGHT The editors will assume that an article submitted for their consideration has not previously been published, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere, either in the submitted form or in a modified version. Acceptance of an author's copyright material is on the understanding that it has been assigned to the Oxford University Press subject to the following conditions. Authors are free to use their articles in subsequent publications written or edited by themselves, provided that acknowledgement is made of Applied Linguistics as the place of original publication. Except for brief extracts the Oxford University Press will not give permission to a third party to reproduce material from an article unless two months have elapsed without response from the authors after the relevant application has been made to them. OFFPRINTS Thirty offprints of articles and reviews will be provided to authors free of charge.

6 CONTENTS Obituary: Peter Strevens Restructuring BARRY MCLAUGHLIN The role of consciousness in second language learning RICHARD W. SCHMIDT Another look at Yes/No questions: native speakers and non-native speakers JESSICA WILLIAMS The utterance, and other basic units for second language discourse analysis GRAHAM CROOKES Large-scale oral testing CLIFFORD WALKER REVIEWS: Hakan Ringbom: The Role of the First Language in Foreign Language Learning CARL JAMES r Ulla Connor and Robert B. Kaplan (eds.): Writing across Languages: Analysis ofl2 Text; Alan C. Purves (ed.): Writing across Languages and Cultures: Issues in Contrastive Rhetoric LARS S. EVENSEN BOOKS RECEIVED