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Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning
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Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning Hardcover - 1991

by R. M. Dixon; W. S. Ramson; Mandy Thomas


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This extensive reference provides authoritative information about the history of over 400 words from Aboriginal languages, offering the fullest available information about their Aboriginal background and Australian English history. The book begins with a general history of the 250 Australian
aboriginal languages, including profiles of the languages that have been most significant as sources for borrowing. The words are then grouped according to subject--birds, fish, edible flora, dwellings, etc.--with each work listed in a dictionary-style entry. The book concludes by addressing how
words changed in English, and discusses English words that have since been adopted into Aboriginal languages.

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  • Title Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning
  • Author R. M. Dixon; W. S. Ramson; Mandy Thomas
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 268
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Melbourne
  • Date April 18, 1991
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780195530995 / 0195530993
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.81 x 5.63 x 0.86 in (22.38 x 14.30 x 2.18 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Popular culture - Australia, Australianisms
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90226298
  • Dewey Decimal Code 422.499
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Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning

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by Dixon, R.M.W.; Ramson,W.S. Thomas, Mandy

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