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Voices of Queensland: Words from the Sunshine State

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Voices of Queensland: Words from the Sunshine State - Robinson, Julia (Editor)
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The language of Queensland reflects its own distinctive history, its geography, its industries, and its cultural and social life. This book contains some five hundred words significant to Queensland. The chapters focus on various aspects of Queensland, starting with the contributions Queensland Aboriginal languages have made to Australian English, moving to the outback, to lifestyle, to work, to politics and perceptions. The heart of each chapter is a mini-dictionary, each entry having a definition and one or more ...

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Voices of Queensland: Words from the Sunshine State 2001, OUP Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne

ISBN-13: 9780195513950

Paperback