The Cambridge guide to Australian English usage /
Australian English usage
Pam Peters.
- Second edition.
- xvii, 906 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"First published by Cambridge University Press 1995 as The Cambridge Australian English style guide"--Verso t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 903-906) and index.
Preface to The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage -- Preface to The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide -- Foreword to The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide -- Overview of contents and how to access them -- A to Z entries -- International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols for Australian English Sounds -- Perpetual Calendar 1900 - 2020 -- Geological Eras -- International System of Units (SI Units) -- Interconversion Tables for Metric and Imperial Measures -- Selected Proofreading Marks -- Formats for Letters -- Layout for Envelopes -- Formats for Email -- Time Line for the English Language and Australian English. Appendix I. Appendix II. Appendix III. Appendix IV. Appendix V. Appendix VI. Appendix VII. Appendix VIII. Appendix IX. Appendix X.
"The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage is an up-to-date, evidence-based account of the variable points in Australian usage and style, in alphabetical format. Its description of Australian English uses a wealth of primary sources (linguistic corpora; the internet; public surveys of usage, conducted through Australian Style) as well as the latest editions of English dictionaries, style manuals and grammars. With all this input the Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage provides in-depth coverage of the currency of alternative usages in spelling, punctuation and word choice in Australia, while showing the influence of British and American English here as well. This book is designed for everyone who writes and edits documents and non-fiction texts, for print or electronic delivery. Tertiary students and staff will get plenty of help from it, as well as professional editors who work with manuscripts of many different authors and commissions from multiple publishers."--Publisher's website.