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    Lexicographic research on Australian Aboriginal languages 1968–1993

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    Author
    Goddard, C; Thieberger, N
    Date
    1997
    Source Title
    Boundary rider: essays in honour of Geoffrey O’Grady
    Publisher
    Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Thieberger, Nicholas
    Affiliation
    Arts - School of Languages and Linguistics
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    Document Type
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    Goddard, C. & Thieberger, N. (1997). Lexicographic research on Australian Aboriginal languages 1968–1993. In D. Tryon & M. Walsh (Eds.), Boundary rider: essays in honour of Geoffrey O’Grady (pp. 175-208). Canberra, A.C.T.: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
    Access Status
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    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/29017
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    © 1997 Cliff Goddard & Nick Thieberger

    Abstract
    O'Grady (1971:779) began his landmark review of lexicography on Australian Aboriginal languages with the rueful observation that in terms of quantity "lexicographic output...has shown a falling off since the turn of the century". He further observed that if the term 'dictionary' were to be confined to compendia of 5,OOO-plus richly detailed lexical entries, then "the state of lexicographic research on Australian (and Tasmanian) languages ... can be stated very simply: no such work yet exists". Even after lowering his sights to extend the term to reasonably sophisticated assemblages of 1,OOO-plus lexical entries, O'Grady could list no more than eight published dictionaries of Aboriginal languages. (From introduction)
    Keywords
    Geoffrey O’Grady; lexicography; Australian Aboriginal languages; dictionary

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