The Australian national dictionary - Hardcover
This is the most comprehensive dictionary of Australianisms--words and meanings that originated in Australia, are used there more than elsewhere, or have a special significance because of their connection with an aspect of Australian history or culture--currently available. The book contains over 6,000 headwords with extensive cross-references that provide an easy-to-use and comprehensive guide to the meaning, pronunciation, variation, and source of a wide range of peculiarly Australian words and phrases.
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About the Author:
"This dictionary makes obsolete all earlier dictionaries of Australian English. It includes not only words and phrases originating in Australia, but words with a special significance in Australian usage, and words for local flora, fauna, and indigenous pursuits as well as Aboriginal terms. If a recent estimate that from three to five percent of local writing consists of local expressions is even roughly correct, this dictionary will prove a major help for readers studying Australian literature....It is an essential purchase for language collections and for any public or academic library serving readers with an interest in Australia."--Choice
"Anyone interested in a thorough, authoritative, up-to-date record of Australian English must consult this book."--ARBA
"Anyone interested in a thorough, authoritative, up-to-date record of Australian English must consult this book."--American Reference Books Annual
W. S. Ramson is at Australian National University, Canberra.
Review:
"This dictionary makes obsolete all earlier dictionaries of Australian English. It includes not only words and phrases originating in Australia, but words with a special significance in Australian usage, and words for local flora, fauna, and indigenous pursuits as well as Aboriginal terms. If a recent estimate that from three to five percent of local writing consists of local expressions is even roughly correct, this dictionary will prove a major help for readers studying Australian literature....It is an essential purchase for language collections and for any public or academic library serving readers with an interest in Australia."--Choice
"Anyone interested in a thorough, authoritative, up-to-date record of Australian English must consult this book."--ARBA
"Anyone interested in a thorough, authoritative, up-to-date record of Australian English must consult this book."--American Reference Books Annual
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- PublisherOxford University Press [1988]
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0195546059
- ISBN 13 9780195546057
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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