Download or read book Australian National Dictionary Centre ANDC written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC), which was established in 1988 by the Australian National University (ANU) and Oxford University Press Australia. Describes how the ANDC is focused on conducting research into Australian English and on providing Oxford University Press with editorial expertise for its range of Australian dictionaries. Details the 1988 publication of the "Australian National Dictionary: A Dictionary of Australianisms on Historical Principles," as well as the second edition planned for 1998. Provides information regarding the dictionaries produced by the ANDC, its newsletter "OZWORDS, " its Schools Dictionary, and its World Bank of Australian English projects.

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Download or read book The Australian National Dictionary written by Bruce Moore and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. The Slip Case edition is now SOLD OUT at OUP and will not be reprinted. Please contact your favourite bookseller to see if they have the Slip Case in stock. The standard edition is still available. TheAustralian National Dictionary(AND) is a dictionary of Australianisms. It includes words and meanings that have originated in Australia, that have a greater currency here than elsewhere, or that have a special significance in Australian history. Major features:It differs from general dictionaries in being based on historical principles, like the comprehensive Oxford English Dictionary. This means it describes the full history of a word, starting with its earliest appearance, establishing its origin, and documenting its use over time. All entries from the first edition, which was published in 1988, have been thoroughly revised and updated. 6000 new entries have been added. There are more than 16,000 Australian terms. They include:historical terms from the convict era, the gold rushes, farming, and the experience of warcolloquial terms, including rhyming slang and numerous lively and colourful idiomsregional terms from different states and territoriesterms from Aboriginal English, a major dialect of Australian English. New entries cover all aspects of Australian life, history, culture, and values, as indicated by this brief list:ambo, barbecue stopper, bogan, budgie smugglers, bunny rug, captain's pick, chiko roll, chook lit, chroming, copha, corkie, couldn't run a chook raffle, do a Bradbury, drop bear, fairy bread, firie, goon bag, grommet, hip-pocket nerve, hornbag, humidicrib, karak, land of the fair go, marn grook, negative gearing, not happy Jan, pizzling, reg grundies, schmick, schoolies' week, seachanger, secret women's business, shirt-front, skippy, songline, spunk rat, trackie daks, ute muster, welcome to country. There is detailed information on the origins of these Australian words, including comprehensive coverage of more than 550 words that have been borrowed from 100 Aboriginal languages. Quotations from books, newspapers, diaries, etc., show how words have been used over time. More than 123,000 quotations illustrate the entries. The Australian National Dictionary is the only comprehensive, historically based record of the words and meanings that make up Australian English. It is a unique lexical map of Australian history and culture.

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Download or read book Australian Oxford Mini Dictionary written by Mark Gwynn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition has been completely revised and updated, with hundreds of new entries added that reflect the important areas of contemporary word creation. The Oxford Australian Mini Dictionary is written for those who need a compact guide to the spelling and meaning of words in the English language today. Like other Australian dictionaries published by Oxford University Press, it draws on the continually updated database of Australian English at the Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra, as well as the vast resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and its continually updated database. The words in this dictionary have been chosen with careful attention to the needs and interests of its intended audience.

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