false 631729 0 0 4994947 0195565789 9780195565782 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260257247m/4994947.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260257247s/4994947.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4994947.Speaking_Our_Language_The_Story_of_Australian_English 3.00 3 Speaking our Language is written for people who want to know where Australian English came from, what the forces were that molded it, why it takes its present form, and where it is going. The subtitle of this book, The Story of Australian English, derives in part from the chronological story that the book traces: the story begins with Joseph Banks and Captain James Cook collecting indigenous words such as kangaroo and quoll in northern Queensland in 1770, and it continues from there right up to the present day, when Australian English is firmly established as the natural and national language of Australia. It is a 'story' in another sense as well: the story of development of Australian English is inextricably intertwined with the stories of Australian history and culture, and of the development of Australian identity. Of all the markers of identity, language is by far the most significant. This language we speak, and which gives voice to our Australian English is central to the process of giving voice to our Australian identity: in important ways, we are what we speak, and we are how we speak.
Speaking our Language grew out of the research of the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) at the Australain National University. The Centre is named after the Australian National Dictionary, which was first published in 1988, and which includes some 10,000 Australian words. The Centre is now busy finalizing a second edition of the Australian National Dictionary, and expects to add about 4500 new words and meanings.]]> 631729 3.00 3 1 2009 5152030 0195514505 9780195514506 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5152030.Who_s_Centric_Now_ 0.0 0 631729 3.00 3 1 2001 4570250 0959464921 9780959464924 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570250.Lanyon_saga_A_history_of_the_Cunningham_family_and_the_Lanyon_Tuggeranong_and_Wanniassa_Estates_in_the_A_C_T 0.0 0 631729 3.00 3 1 1982 4475537 0195506170 9780195506174 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4475537.The_Australian_Concise_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Current_English 0.0 0 631729 3.00 3 1 2000 4449585 0195515234 9780195515237 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4449585.Australian_Pocket_Oxford_Dictionary 0.0 0 631729 3.00 3 1 2002 4060035 0195540158 9780195540154 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4060035.The_Australian_Pocket_Oxford_Dictionary 0.0 0 631729 3.00 3 1 1996 3931098 0195507932 9780195507935 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3931098.The_Australian_Oxford_Dictionary 0.0 0 631729 3.00 3 1 2000 3855073 095946493X 9780959464931 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3855073.The_Moore_estate_Sixty_years_of_development_in_the_city_of_Queanbeyan 0.0 0 631729 3.00 3 1 1984 3176702 0195517970 9780195517972 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3176702.The_Australian_Oxford_Dictionary 0.0 0
This flagship dictionary draws on the databases of Australian English at the Australian National Dictionary Centre--including its fast-growing national corpus current usage and its research into Australian English--and those of incomparable Australian Oxford Dictionary.

A distinguishing feature of the Australian Oxford Dictionary is its encyclopaedic content. There are more than 10,000 encyclopaedic entries, and these are more detailed than those in any comparable Australian dictionary. For example, the place-name entries not only geographically locate the place
in question, but also provide information about the character of the place and its historical, economic, or political importance. There are detailed entries on many topics--political parties, religious organizations, historical events, mythological and fictional characters, and more.

In addition, many lexical items which are normally given only very brief treatment in conventional dictionaries are here often given detailed explanatory coverage. Many specific subjects, concepts, movements, and events are presented as self-contained articles following the dictionary entry, be it
on black holes, existentialism, computers, Marxism, osmosis, Romanesque, tragedy, or the zodiac.

In both lexical and encyclopaedic entries special attention has been paid to Australian words and subjects.

The major feature of this new edition, however, is the addition of some 10,000 new lexical items, dramatically increasing the core size of the dictionary. The ultimate guide to contemporary Australian English, this is the most authoritative Australian Dictionary. But it is not just a dictionary for
scholars or pedants--it describes our changing language in such a clear and entertaining way, that it is the essential reference for the new millennium.]]> 631729 3.00 3 1 2005 2654536 075069646X 9780750696463 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2654536.Eye_Care_for_Infants_and_Young_Children 0.0 0 631729 3.00 3 1 1997