Words for Country: Landscape and Language in Australia

Stories and phrases can powerfully shape the ways in which we experience and manage our environment. What languages have been used to characterize Australian landscapes and how have they influenced the way we see and treat our environment? This work answers this question and more, while exploring the inter-relationship between Australia's landscape and language. It covers a collection of essays whose subjects range from the Ord River in the far north-west to Antarctica in the south, from the center to the coast, the prehistoric to the present. Its terrain is both environmental and cultural, political and poetic.

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This work covers a collection of essays whose subjects range from the Ord River in the far north-west to Antarctica in the south, from the centre to the coast, the prehistoric to the present. Its terrain is both environmental and cultural, political and poetic.

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• Authors: Tim Bonyhady, Tom Griffiths, Tom (both Senior Fellows Griffiths
• Assisted by: Tim Bonyhady (Editor), Tom Griffiths (Editor)
• Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780868406282
• ISBN: 978-0-86840-628-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias