The Australian National Dictionary: A Dictionary of Australianisms on Historical Principles - Hardcover

9780195547368: The Australian National Dictionary: A Dictionary of Australianisms on Historical Principles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195547365 ISBN 13: 9780195547368

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1989

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:

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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