Tassie Terms: A Glossary of Tasmanian Words [Paperback]

Maureen Brooks (Compiler), Joan Ritchie (Compiler)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195538129 | ISBN-13: 978-0195538120 | Publication Date: March 7, 1996

Working at the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and using the proven methods of historical lexicography, Brooks and Ritchie have compiled Tassie Terms. A companion volume to their Words from the West, in this book they record words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a Tasmania. Tassie Terms contains some 645 dictionary entries of words with approximately 200 associated terms.

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ANDC at ANU blurb: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 Oxford Dictionary.

About the Author

Maureen Brooks, Researcher, Australian National Dictionary Centre. Joan Ritchie, Researcher, Australian National Dictionary Centre.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 7, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195538129
• ISBN-13: 978-0195538120
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,232,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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