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This elegant, expert, and utterly up-to-date book contains over 1,500 samples from New Zealand's distinctive vocabulary.
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Why is it not wrong to be doubly negative? Where do you place the stress in such words as 'dissect'? Where do 'wowser', 'craw thumper' and where did the 'f-word' come from? Do New Zealanders mangle the English language? Should we say different 'from' or 'to' or 'than'? We use it ...every day, but what is this thing called language, and are there rights and wrongs about its use? Four leading linguists, with specific interest in New Zealand English, tackle the common-place and quirky questions that arise from what we say, read and write. Funny, accessible, informative, this is a fascinating book.
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9781869793449 |
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Adobe Ebook Compatible Devices |
| Language |
en |
| Published NZ |
1 Nov 2011 |
| Publisher |
Penguin |
| Interest Age |
General Audience |
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36
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The first completely New Zealand compiled dictionary/thesaurus for senior school students.
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Drawing on interviews with women who served as land girls during World War II, this book relates a chapter in New Zealand's war experience. It shows that like their Rosie the Riveter sisters, these Women's Land Service recruits gained independence, little recognition, and discont...ent about giving up their farm jobs when the soldiers came home.
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The only thesaurus compiled specifically for the New Zealand market. This compact and easy to use format has over 150,000 similar and related words to choose from.
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Why is it not wrong to be doubly negative? Where do you place the stress in such words as 'dissect'? Where do 'wowser', 'craw thumper' and where did the 'f - word' come from? Do New Zealanders mangle the English language? Should we say different 'from' or 'to' or 'than'? We use i...t every day, but what is this thing called language, and are there ...
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