Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Blue pen stain to tail foredge. Interior and binding are still excellent. This book tells for the first time the story of Australian English. Where it came from, the forces that mouldered it, why it takes its present form and where it is going. The development of Australian English is inextricably intertwined with Australian history and culture and of the development of Australian identity.

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T�tulo

Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English by Bruce Moore

Editor

Oxford University Press, Melbourne VIC

Fecha de publicaci�n

2008

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0195565789

ISBN 13

9780195565782

Encuadernaci�n

Soft cover

Edici�n

1st Edition

Estado

Good

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0,4 kilogramos

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For the first time ever the story of Australian English is about to be told in full. As part of our Centenary celebrations Oxford University Press Australia is proud to be publishing this significant contribution to the national landscape.

Speaking our Language is written for people who want to know where Australian English came from, what the forces were that moulded it, why it takes its present form, and where it is going. The sub-title of this book, "The Story of Australian English", derives in part from the chronological story that the book traces: the story begins with Joseph Banks and Captain James Cook collecting indigenous words such as kangaroo and quoll in northern Queensland in 1770, and it continues from there right up to the present day, when Australian English is firmly established as the natural and national language of Australia. It is a 'story' in another sense as well: the story of the development of Australian English is inextricably intertwined with the stories of Australian history and culture, and of the development of Australian identity. Of all the markers of identity, language is by far the most significant. This language we speak, and which gives voice to our Australian identity, is not, however, a unifaceted thing. It is, as the book demonstrates, a multifaceted entity. Australian English is central to the process of giving voice to our Australian identity: in important ways, we are what we speak, and we are how we speak.

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Dr Bruce Moore is Australia's foremost lexicographer and Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Canberra

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