Dorothy Jauncey

South Australian Words

From Bardi-Grubs to Frog Cakes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new reference is a collection of words that are associated in different ways with South Australia--those in the book's title represent both the oldest and the newest cultures in the state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 135mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780195517705
• ISBN-10: 0195517709
• Artikelnr.: 21779357

Autorenporträt

Dorothy Jauncey has worked at the Australian National Dictorionary Centre as a researcher and editor from 1999 to 2008, and tutored and lectured in Academic English in the Linguistics Department.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The People Before: Words from Aboriginal Languages
'No Convict Taint': The Early Days of the Colony
'The Copper Kingdom': The Cornish and the Copper Mines
'A Paradise of Dissent': The German Lutheran Influence
Wealth from the Land: Wheat, Wool, and Wine
The Outback: Opals, Camels, and Woomera
The 'Lifestyle State': The Festival, Grange, and Stobie Poles
Bibliography
Index