Austral English: a dictionary of Australian words, phrases and usages with those Aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated…

Morris, Edward E.

Published by Macmillan & Co, London, 1898

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 525, [1], [2] ads; spine a little faded else a good, firm copy in original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Bookplate and ownership signature of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. With the ownership signature on the flyleaf of T. S. Hall of the Biology Dept. at the Univ. of Melbourne, who was an authority consulted by Morris, and who he thanks in his acknowledgments on p. xx. The author, professor of languages at the University of Melbourne and Australian correspondent for the O.E.D., treats Australian English in an fairly extensive introduction. The lexicon proper is compiled on historical principles, with dates of earliest known citations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Austral English: a dictionary of Australian words, phrases and usages with those Aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated…
• Publisher: Macmillan & Co, London
• Publication Date: 1898
• Edition: 1st Edition
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