THE AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE. An examination of the English language & English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom & its use by Australian writers

Bookseller

Sainsburys Books Pty Ltd (AU)

Bookseller's Inventory #

102019

Title

THE AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE. An examination of the English language & English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom & its use by Australian writers

Author

BAKER, Sidney J

Book Condition

Used - 8vo, 425pp. A very good hardback copy with mildly marked orange cloth covers with sunned spine. Foxing to top fore edge. No dust

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1945. First Edition

Bookseller catalogs

History Australian;

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