Tag: Bruce Moore
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Introduction to the Australian National Dictionary Second Edition: Part Two
Editor Bruce Moore, in his Introduction to the dictionary, describes the history and methodology of this significant work of Australian lexicography. We reproduce the first part of the Introduction here. Read Part One of the Introduction to the Australian National Dictionary second edition. History of the Editing In the early period of research for the…
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Introduction to the Australian National Dictionary Second Edition: Part One
Editor Bruce Moore, in his Introduction to the dictionary, describes the history and methodology of this significant work of Australian lexicography. We reproduce the first part of the Introduction here. The Australian National Dictionary (hereafter AND) is a dictionary based on historical principles, and it is therefore concerned with the way the words that make…
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The History of ‘Mate’
Mate is one of those words that is used widely in Englishes other than Australian English, and yet has a special resonance in Australia. Although it had a very detailed entry in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (the letter M was completed 1904–8), the Australian National Dictionary (AND) included mate in its first edition…