Research by Subject: Rhetoric & Writing Studies: Dictionaries

Dictionaries

A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms [ PE1445.A2 L3 1991 Reference ]

In providing an alphabetically arranged list that defines and explains rhetorical terms, this work strives to be useful to researchers engaged in "rhetorical and stylistic inquiry of all sorts."

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Traces the usage of words from across the English-speaking world with etymological analysis, variant spellings, and pronunciation.

McGraw-Hill's American Idioms Dictionary [ PE2839 .S64 2007 Reference ]
NTC's English Idioms Dictionary [ PE1460 .S693 1993 Reference ]
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions [PE2846 .S63 2006 Reference ]
The Penguin Dictionary of American Usage and Style [ PE1464 .L68 2000 Reference ]
Dictionary of American Regional English [ PE 2843 .D52 1985 Reference ]
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar [ PE1097 .C47 1994 Reference ]
Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk [ PE1449 .R34 1995 Reference ]
A Dictionary of Stylistics [ P301 .W35 1989 Reference ]
A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z [ PN172 .B8813 1991 Reference ]