Synopsis "The Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary, 2nd Edition (in English)"
"Shevchuk has not only produced an infinitely helpfulresource for anyone interested in Ukrainian, but given us one of the mostbreathtaking scholarly achievements in Slavonic Studies in many years. It is amonument to the Ukrainian language and a watershed in its development on theglobal stage." -- Rory Finnin, University ofCambridgeTheUkrainian-English Collocation Dictionary describes thecore Ukrainian lexicon as it is used in contemporary speech. This dictionaryhas no precedents in Ukrainian and Slavic bilingual lexicography and combineselements of six types of dictionaries: translation, collocation, learner's, thesaurus, phraseological and encyclopedic dictionaries.This updatedsecond edition of the dictionary includes important revisions, new entries, anda new English-Ukrainian Word Index that will help readersquickly find word entries. The Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary isa must-have for Ukrainian language learners of all levels (elementary, intermediate, advanced and superior), Ukrainian language instructors andinstructors of theory and practice of translation, Ukrainian-English andEnglish-Ukrainian translators and interpreters, comparative linguists, lexicographers, researchers, business people, journalists, and anyone with aninterest in the Ukrainian language. It is an irreplaceable resource for Ukrainian-speakerswho study English and native speakers of Ukrainian who wish to perfect andenrich their Ukrainian.Includes: - Over 9,000 entriesthat comprise the most frequently used Ukrainian lexicon- More than 200,000word combinations- 80,000illustrative examples, including common Ukrainian idioms and their Englishequivalents- English-UkrainianWord Index with over 6,000 items- A comprehensiveintroduction to the Ukrainian language and grammar
