Book of New Zealand Words
Awards:   Shortlisted for PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Non-Illustrated Book 2014. Winner of PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Non-Illustrated Book 2014 Winner of PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Non-Illustrated Book 2014.
Author:   Dianne Bardsley ,  John Reynolds
Publisher:   Te Papa Press
ISBN:  

9781877385841


Pages:   424
Publication Date:   01 July 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Awards

  • Shortlisted for PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Non-Illustrated Book 2014.
  • Winner of PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Non-Illustrated Book 2014
  • Winner of PANZ Book Design Awards: Best Non-Illustrated Book 2014.

Overview

The informative introduction examines the development of New Zealand English, the distinctive influence of the Maori language, and the connections between society, the media, and our language. The author traces the origins of `New Zealandisms’ – from politics, food, sports, and recreation to common and colloquial sources.Specially illustrated by the artist John Reynolds, with works from his masterpiece Cloud and all-new page art, New Zealand Words is a `box of birds’ for anyone interested in words.

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Author:   Dianne Bardsley ,  John Reynolds
Publisher:   Te Papa Press
Imprint:   Te Papa Press
Dimensions:   Width: 368.30cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 558.80cm
Weight:   0.793kg
ISBN:  

9781877385841


ISBN 10:   1877385840
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   01 July 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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Dianne Bardsley is Director of the New Zealand Dictionary Centre at Victoria University of Wellington, and lecturer in the School of Linguistics and Applied Languages. She has written several books and was a major contributor to the New Zealand Oxford Dictionary (2005) and the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang (9th edition).

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