Australian aboriginal words in dictionaries: A reaction

David Nash

doi:10.1093/ijl/ecp012

Australian aboriginal words in dictionaries: A reaction

David Nash^*

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Abstract

A recent evaluation of how English dictionaries have treated the etymologies of some words borrowed from Australian languages was based on the authors own etymologies. I have examined one of these, for boomerang, and show that it incorporates inaccuracies and distortions, and that the criticism of J. A. H. Murrays etymology is unfounded. I suggest how the authors methodology may have led him astray.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	179-188
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Lexicography
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecp012
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009

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