Words from the West A Glossary of Western Australian Terms

Name: Words from the West A Glossary of Western Australian Terms
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ISBN: 9780195536287

ISBN-10: 0195536282

ISBN-13: 9780195536287

Edition: 1994

Authors: Maureen Brooks, Joan Ritchie, Jay Arthur, Robert Brooks

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Cacka, Maltie, Jarrah Jerker, Whirley Whirl, Crossover, Koondi, Noolbenger, Broome Time, Quokka, Skimpy - what do these words mean? Whereabouts in Australia are they used? What evidence is there? Working at the Australian National Dictionary centre in Canberra, and using the proven methods of historical lexicography, Maureen Brooks and Joan Ritchie have produced Words from the West, the first attempt to record the words used in and perhaps peculiar to a given Australian regional community. Words from the West contains some 750 dictionary entries of words found in WA newspapers. The words are defined and the sentences in which they are used are treated as part of the entry, along with the…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand
Publication date: 1/19/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.76" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English