Tassie Terms : A Glossary of Tasmanian Words read online book EPUB, MOBI, FB2
9780195538120 English 0195538129 'Apple Islander', 'convict brick', 'ploughed field', 'forty spot', 'corinna', 'nointer', 'bluey', 'coastie', 'conjoined house', 'horizontal scrub', 'Palawa', 'pinkeye', 'Pulp City', 'shack', 'tanglefoot', 'Vandemonian', 'yaffler' - what do these words mean? Whereabouts in Australia are theyused?Working at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and using the proven methods of historical lexicography, Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie have compiled Tassie Terms, a companion volume to their Words from the West, which similarly records words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a givenAustralian regional community.Tassie Terms contains some 645 dictionary entries of words with approximately 200 associated terms. Unlike Words from the West, this glossary does not rely exclusively on newspaper sources for its lexicon but draws on a variety of written material. Not all the words are exclusive to Tasmania but,taken collectively the terms clearly reflect the identity and spirit of the Island State. The Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University, is the primary centre for research into Australian English. Its numerous publications include The Australian National Dictionary, The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary and The Australian Pocket OxfordDictionary., 'Apple Islander', 'convict brick', 'ploughed field', 'forty spot','corinna', 'nointer', 'bluey', 'coastie', 'conjoined house', 'horizontal scrub','Palawa', 'pinkeye', 'Pulp City', 'shack', 'tanglefoot', 'Vandemonian','yaffler' - what do these words mean? Whereabouts in Australia are they used?Working at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and using the provenmethods of historical lexicography, Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie havecompiled Tassie Terms, a companion volume to their Words from the West, whichsimilarly records words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a given Australianregional community.Tassie Terms contains some 645 dictionary entries of words with approximately200 associated terms. Unlike Words from the West, this glossary does not relyexclusively on newspaper sources for its lexicon but draws on a variety ofwritten material. Not all the words are exclusive to Tasmania but, takencollectively the terms clearly reflect the identity and spirit of the IslandState.The Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University,is the primary centre for research into Australian English. Its numerouspublications include The Australian National Dictionary, The Australian ConciseOxford Dictionary and The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary., Working at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and using the proven methods of historical lexicography, Brooks and Ritchie have compiledTassie Terms. A companion volume to theirWords from the West, in this book they record words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a Tasmania.TassieTermscontains some 645 dictionary entries of words with approximately 200 associated terms.
9780195538120 English 0195538129 'Apple Islander', 'convict brick', 'ploughed field', 'forty spot', 'corinna', 'nointer', 'bluey', 'coastie', 'conjoined house', 'horizontal scrub', 'Palawa', 'pinkeye', 'Pulp City', 'shack', 'tanglefoot', 'Vandemonian', 'yaffler' - what do these words mean? Whereabouts in Australia are theyused?Working at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and using the proven methods of historical lexicography, Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie have compiled Tassie Terms, a companion volume to their Words from the West, which similarly records words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a givenAustralian regional community.Tassie Terms contains some 645 dictionary entries of words with approximately 200 associated terms. Unlike Words from the West, this glossary does not rely exclusively on newspaper sources for its lexicon but draws on a variety of written material. Not all the words are exclusive to Tasmania but,taken collectively the terms clearly reflect the identity and spirit of the Island State. The Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University, is the primary centre for research into Australian English. Its numerous publications include The Australian National Dictionary, The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary and The Australian Pocket OxfordDictionary., 'Apple Islander', 'convict brick', 'ploughed field', 'forty spot','corinna', 'nointer', 'bluey', 'coastie', 'conjoined house', 'horizontal scrub','Palawa', 'pinkeye', 'Pulp City', 'shack', 'tanglefoot', 'Vandemonian','yaffler' - what do these words mean? Whereabouts in Australia are they used?Working at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and using the provenmethods of historical lexicography, Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie havecompiled Tassie Terms, a companion volume to their Words from the West, whichsimilarly records words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a given Australianregional community.Tassie Terms contains some 645 dictionary entries of words with approximately200 associated terms. Unlike Words from the West, this glossary does not relyexclusively on newspaper sources for its lexicon but draws on a variety ofwritten material. Not all the words are exclusive to Tasmania but, takencollectively the terms clearly reflect the identity and spirit of the IslandState.The Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University,is the primary centre for research into Australian English. Its numerouspublications include The Australian National Dictionary, The Australian ConciseOxford Dictionary and The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary., Working at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and using the proven methods of historical lexicography, Brooks and Ritchie have compiledTassie Terms. A companion volume to theirWords from the West, in this book they record words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a Tasmania.TassieTermscontains some 645 dictionary entries of words with approximately 200 associated terms.