Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition

Dictionary, Macquarie
Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition

Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition

Dictionary, Macquarie

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The Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. An up-to-date account of our variety of English, it not only includes words and senses peculiar to Australian English, but also those common to the whole English-speaking world.

The Eighth Edition features:

- a comprehensive record of English as it is used in Australia today
- more than 3500 new entries such as algorithmic bias, cancel culture, deepfake, eco-anxiety, hygge, Me Too, mole mapping, ngangkari, single-use
- thousands of updated entries to reflect changing perspectives relating to the environment, politics, technology and the internet
- illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context
- words and phrases from regional Australia
- etymologies of words and phrases
- extensive usage notes
- foreword by Kim Scott, multi-award winning novelist.

Author:   Dictionary, Macquarie
Publisher:   MacQuarie Library Pty.Ltd
ISBN:  

9781760556594


Pages:   1792
Publication Date:   28 July 2020
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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The Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition is nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. An up-to-date account of our variety of English, it not only includes words and senses peculiar to Australian English, but also those common to the whole English-speaking world.

The Eighth Edition features:

- a comprehensive record of English as it is used in Australia today
- more than 3500 new entries such as algorithmic bias, cancel culture, deepfake, eco-anxiety, hygge, Me Too, mole mapping, ngangkari, single-use
- thousands of updated entries to reflect changing perspectives relating to the environment, politics, technology and the internet
- illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context
- words and phrases from regional Australia
- etymologies of words and phrases
- extensive usage notes
- foreword by Kim Scott, multi-award winning novelist.

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Author:   Dictionary, Macquarie
Publisher:   MacQuarie Library Pty.Ltd
ISBN:  

9781760556594


Pages:   1792
Publication Date:   28 July 2020
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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