Australian words and their origins /
This is a concise edition of the Australian National Dictionary (OUP 1989) which was hailed as a major asset for readers studying Australian literature that made all earlier dictionaries of Australian English obsolete. The volume contains nearly as many headwords as the original edition, yet provide...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Melbourne ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1989.
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| Summary: | This is a concise edition of the Australian National Dictionary (OUP 1989) which was hailed as a major asset for readers studying Australian literature that made all earlier dictionaries of Australian English obsolete. The volume contains nearly as many headwords as the original edition, yet provides fewer collations, and indicates the first recorded, and most recent, use of a word. It retains the parent volume's comprehensive coverage of uniquely Australian words and phrases; words for indigenous flora, fauna, and pastimes; and Aboriginal terms. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Lit./Mitchell copy contains two pieces of ephemera. "Based on The Australian national dictionary edited by W.S Ramson." Accession #: 2020_0001 The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 661 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 019553087X 9780195530872 |