The Australian Oxford Dictionary , sometimes abbreviated as AOD , is a dictionary of Australian English published by Oxford University Press .
8-437: The AOD combines elements of the previous Oxford publication, The Australian National Dictionary (sometimes abbreviated as AND ), which was a comprehensive, historically based record of 10,000 words and phrases representing Australia's contribution to English . However, The Australian National Dictionary was not a full dictionary, and could not be used as one in the normal sense. The AOD borrowed its scholarship both from
16-529: Is a historical dictionary of Australian English , recording 16,000 words, phrases, and meanings of Australian origin and use. The first edition of the dictionary, edited by W. S. Ramson, was published in 1988 by Oxford University Press ; the second edition was edited by Bruce Moore at the Australian National Dictionary Centre and published in 2016. The first lexicographer to attempt systematic documentation of Australian English words
24-689: The AND and from The Oxford English Dictionary , and competed with the Macquarie Dictionary when it was released in 1999. Like the Macquarie , the AOD combines elements of a normal dictionary with those of an encyclopaedic volume. It is a joint effort of Oxford University and the Australian National University . The AOD ' s current editor is Bruce Moore. Its content is largely sourced from
32-742: The Australian National Dictionary Centre in 1988, with the signing of a contract between Oxford University Press and the Australian National University. W. S. Ramson was the Centre's first director (1988–1994). The second edition of the Australian National Dictionary (2016) was edited by Bruce Moore, Director of the Centre 1994–2011. It is an expanded work in two volumes, recording the history of 16,000 Australian words, phrases and meanings. Greater emphasis
40-803: The databases of Australian English at the Australian National Dictionary Centre and The Oxford English Dictionary . It also draws on the latest research into International English . The second edition contains more than 110,000 headwords and more than 10,000 encyclopaedic entries. In addition to the flagship Australian Oxford Dictionary, shorter versions including the Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary , Australian Paperback Oxford Dictionary , Australian School Oxford Dictionary , Australian Students Oxford Dictionary and Australian School Oxford Dictionary are also published. The Australian National Dictionary The Australian National Dictionary: Australian Words and Their Origins
48-633: The words and phrases that make up the Australian contribution to the English language. It records the historical development of Australian words, phrases and meanings from their earliest use to the present day, providing evidence of this history in dated and referenced quotations drawn from over 9,000 Australian sources. The trials and tribulations of this process are outlined in Ramson's book Lexical Images (OUP, 2005). The Australian National Dictionary Project became
56-486: Was E. E. Morris , whose Austral English was published in 1898. The next significant works on Australian words were Sidney Baker's The Australian Language (1945) and G.A. Wilkes' Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms (1978). Work on the Australian National Dictionary Project was undertaken from the late 1970s by W. S. (Bill) Ramson (1933–2011) at the Australian National University . Ramson
64-486: Was motivated by a lack of lexicographic work on Australian English on historical principles, in the tradition of the Oxford English Dictionary . The project gained funding from Oxford University Press and the first edition of the Australian National Dictionary was published by Oxford in 1988, coinciding with the bicentenary of Australia's settlement . It was the first comprehensive, historically based record of
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