Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning

Dixon (The Cairns Institute, James Cook University),Bruce Moore (Director, Australian National Dictionary Centre),Ramson,Mandy Thomas (Executive Director for Humanities and Creative Arts, Executive Director for Humanities and Creative Arts, Australian Research Council)

Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Australia
Country
Australia
Published
2 October 2006
Pages
276
ISBN
9780195540734

Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning

Dixon (The Cairns Institute, James Cook University),Bruce Moore (Director, Australian National Dictionary Centre),Ramson,Mandy Thomas (Executive Director for Humanities and Creative Arts, Executive Director for Humanities and Creative Arts, Australian Research Council)

Australian Aboriginal Words in English records the Aboriginal contribution to Australian English and provides a fascinating insight into the contact between the first Australians and European settlers. The words are grouped according to subject, and for each one there is information on the Aboriginal language from which it derives, the date of its first written use in English, and its present meaning and pronunciation. This book brings them together and provides the fullest available information about their Aboriginal background and their Australian English History.

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