THE FACTS ON FILE

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THE FACTS ON FILE ENGLISH/SPANISH
Visual Dictionary
LOOK UP THE WORD FROM THE PICTURE FIND THE
PICTURE FROM THE WORD
Jean-Claude Corbeil/Ariane Archambault
PAM COURY LIBRARY 150 400 DEWEY WINTER QUARTER
2004
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• Corbeil, Jean Claude
• The Facts on File English/Spanish visual
  dictionary look up
• the word from the picture, find the picture from
  the word. / Jean-Claude
• Corbeil, Ariane Archambault --- New York Facts
  on File c1992.
• 924 p. ill 24 cm.
• Includes bibliographical references and
  index.
• ISBN 0-8160-1546-5
• Picture dictionaries, Spanish 2. Spanish
  language --- Vocabulary
• 3. Vocabulary I. Title. II. Archambault,
  Ariane

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INTENDED PURPOSE
TO DETEMINE THE ENGLISH OR SPANISH WORD FROM AN
IMAGE AND/OR TO LOOK UP A WORD IN ENGLISH OR
SPANISH TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS is meant for
the active member of the modern industrial
society who needs to be acquainted with a wide
range of technical terms from many assorted
areas, but not to be specialist in any.
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ARRANGEMENT AND SCOPE
DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS EACH PART IS INCLUDED
IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TABLE OF
CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING THE GRAPHICS AND
ENGLISH/SPANISH TERMS ASTRONOMY, GEOGRAPHY,
VEGETABLE KINGDOM, ANIMAL KINGDOM, HUMAN
BEING, FOOD, FARMING, ARCHITECTURE, HOUSE,
HOUSE FURNITURE, GARDENING, DO-IT-YOURSELF,
CLOTHING, PERSONAL ADORNMENT, PERSONAL
ARTICLES, COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION,
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, MUSIC, CREATIVE
LEISURE ACTIVITIES, SPORTS, MEASURING DEVICES,
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, HEALTH, ENERGY, HEAVY
MACHINERY, WEAPONS, SYMBOLS THREE ALPHABETICAL
INDEXES GENERAL THEMATIC SPECIALIZED CONTAI
NS 3,000 ILLUSTRATIONS 25,000 WORDS 85
PAGES OF TABLES AND INDEXES
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Jean-Claude Corbeil Specialist in linguistic
planning Worldwide reputation in fields
of Comparative terminology Sociolinguistics
As of 1992 is editor-in-chief of reference books
for Quebec/Amerique Ariane Archambault Degree
in applied linguistics from Universite de
Montreal As of 1992 works in area of
lexicography and terminology Additional books
http//isbn.nu/author/Corbeil,20Jean-Claude/
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EXAMPLE OF USAGE
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REVIEWS
AMAZON.COM AVERAGE CUSTOMER RATING OF 5 STARS
FROM BOOK NEWS, INC.This is the English/Spanish
incarnation of a clear and Useful visual
dictionary that has previously appeared in
unilingual, French, and Chinese editions
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H O W E V E R . . .
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BIG BOO BOO FOUND IN THE CONTENTS AND INTRODUCTION
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PERSONAL IMPRESSION
REGARDLESS OF THE ERRORS, I LIKED THIS DICTIONARY
AND KNOW THAT I WILL BE USING IT IN THE FUTURE.
IT IS EASY TO USE AND CONTAINS A LOT OF USEFUL
INFORMATION.