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Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning / R.M.W. Dixon, W.S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas

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Dixon, Robert M. W
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English language - Foreign words and phrases - Aboriginal Australian - Dictionaries.; Australian aboriginal languages; Aboriginal Australians - Languages - Dictionaries.
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General; Adult
Summary
Records the aboriginal contribution to Australian English, and provides the fullest available information about their Aboriginal background and their Australian English history.
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Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning / R.M.W. Dixon, W.S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas.
Melbourne : Oxford University Press,
255 pages
1990 English Book; Illustrated 102
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Title
  • Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning /​ R.M.W. Dixon, W.S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas.
  • Australian aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning /​ R.M.W. Dixon ; W.S. Ramson ; Mandy Thomas.
Also Titled
  • Aboriginal words in English.
Author
  • Dixon, Robert M. W.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (Robert Malcolm Ward), 1939-
  • Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward, 1939-
Other Authors
  • Ramson, W. S. (William Stanley), 1933-
  • Thomas, Mandy.
  • Thomas, Mandy, 1959-
  • Dixon, Robert
  • Ramson, William Stanley, 1933-
Published
  • Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1990.
  • Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Physical Description
  • ix, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • ix, 255 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
  • 255p. : illus., ; 23cm.
Subjects
Notes
  • Includes index.
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Bibliographical references.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 0195530993
  • 0195533941 (pbk.)
  • 0195533941 (pbk)
  • 9780195530995
Dewey Number
  • 422.49915
LC Call Number
Libraries Australia ID
  • 7488851
  • 26501267
  • 26958545
  • 42481041
Record ID
  • NBD7488851
  • NBD26501267
  • NBD26958545
  • NBD42481041
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Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning / R.M.W. Dixon ... [et. al.]. - 2nd ed.
South Melbourne : Oxford University Press,
261 pages
2006, 1990 English Book; Illustrated 74
Title
  • Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning /​ R.M.W. Dixon ... [et. al.].
Author
  • Dixon, Robert M. W.
Edition
  • 2nd ed.
Published
  • South Melbourne : Oxford University Press, c2006.
Physical Description
  • xiii, 261 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Target Audience
  • General
Summary
  • Records the aboriginal contribution to Australian English, and provides the fullest available information about their Aboriginal background and their Australian English history.
Notes
  • Previous ed. : 1990.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 0195540735 (pbk.)
  • 9780195540734 (pbk.)
Dewey Number
  • 422.49915
Libraries Australia ID
  • 40205391
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Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning / R.M.W. Dixon, W.S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas.
Oxford ; Melbourne : Oxford University Press Australia, - Oxford reference
255 pages
1992, 1990 English Book; Illustrated 55
Title
  • Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning /​ R.M.W. Dixon, W.S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas.
Author
  • Dixon, Robert M. W.
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (Robert Malcolm Ward), 1939-
Other Authors
  • Ramson, W. S. (William Stanley), 1933-
  • Thomas, Mandy.
Published
  • Oxford ; Melbourne : Oxford University Press Australia, 1992, c1990.
Physical Description
  • ix, 255 p. : ill., 1 map ; 20 cm.
Series
Subjects
Target Audience
  • Adult
Notes
  • First published: 1990.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Includes index.
  • Includes index
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 0195533941 (pbk.)
  • 0195533941
Dewey Number
  • 422.49915
Libraries Australia ID
  • 8630264
  • 13288017
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Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning / R.M.W. Dixon ... [et. al.]. - 2nd ed.
South Melbourne : Oxford University Press,
261 pages
2006 English Book; Illustrated 10

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