The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary - Hardcover

Turner, G.W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195534425 ISBN 13: 9780195534429

Publisher: OUP Australia and New Zealand, 1992

Synopsis

This compact, authoritative dictionary presents completely revised Australian pronunciations and up-to-date Australian spellings and their alternatives, full coverage of historical influences on Australian English--such as convict terms and the language of the gold-rushes--and includes definitions and etymologies for words of Aboriginal origin and Aboriginal English words. Edited at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, this publication heralds a new era in Australian lexicography.

About this title

Review

"Libraries with comprehensive language or Australian collections will want this edition....If a single Australian dictionary is needed, this is the one to have."--Choice

Synopsis

The "Concise Oxford Dictionary" was first "Australianized" in 1987. This fresh adaptation retains many of the original features, but introduces many new Australianisms.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Australia and New Zealand
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0195534425
• ISBN 13: 9780195534429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1409