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AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander StudiesAIATSIS: The Institute seeks to provide understanding of Australian Indigenous cultures, past and present through undertaking and publishing research, and providing access to print and audiovisual collections. It undertakes research in indigenous health and wellbeing, education, history and cultural transmission, language, arts and cultural expression as well as native title and traditional ownership. Access to collections is provided through Mura, the Institute's online catalogue.
Australian wordsAustralian National Dictionary Centre: A useful site containing information on the history and meanings of many Australian words. Includes words adopted from the various Aboriginal languages, as well as those originating on the goldfields or in the military or through immigration to Australia.
Informit: Covers English as a second language learning and teaching in Australia, including applied linguistics and literacy.
Modern Language Association: The MLA International Bibliography is a fundamental research tool for those studying modern language and literature. The Bibliography covers citations from over 3,000 journals and series, monographs, working papers and conference proceedings. Available here through the Literature Resource Center.
Online Dictionary of Playground SlangThis dictionary is home to words known as Playground Slang. It began simply as a collection of slang children used in school to describe their world. Over time the collection has expanded to carry nearly 3,000 terms including colloquialisms and idioms etc.
Oxford English Dictionary OnlineOxford University Press: The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through millions of quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in DangerUNESCO: The Atlas lists about 2,500 languages considered to be endangered. For each language, the Atlas provides its name, degree of endangerment, the country or countries where it is spoken, numbers of speakers, relevant policies and projects, sources, ISO codes and geographic coordinates.
Your dictionary.comFree online dictionary. Provides definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation and etymology of words. Includes Websters New World Dictionary and Rogets Thesaurus. Also provides links to internet language and industry specific dictionaries and translation services.
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