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In the Paddock and on the Run: The Language of Rural New Zealand by Dianne Bardsley
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
This is the first book to explore the rich heritage of language the rural sector has generated. For two hundred years people have come from all over the world to work in New Zealand's rural enterprises. From this linguistic melting pot, which includes the addition of indigenous Maori words, phrases and ...Show more
Q and Eh - Questions and Answers on Language with a Kiwi Twist by Laurie Bauer; Dianne Bardsley; Janet Holmes; Paul Warren
$14.99 NZD
$39.99 (62% off)
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Reading Level: good-very good
Why is it not wrong to be doubly negative? Where do you place the stress in such words as 'dissect'? Where does 'wowser', 'craw thumper' and the 'f-word' come from? Do New Zealanders mangle the English language? Should we say different 'from' or 'to' or 'than'? We use it every day, but what is this thin ...Show more
The Land Girls: In a Man's World, 1939-1946 by Dianne Bardsley
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: Good
This book is based on the oral histories of 130 women who worked as land girls during the Second World War and the written interviews of 90 others. Wartime land girls broke new ground. Throughout the nation, for the first time, women were in paid employment on farms, making administrative decisions. Pre ...Show more
The New Zealand Oxford Primary School Dictionary by Dianne Bardsley (ed.)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Series: NZ Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
This is a major new edition of this best-selling dictionary, written especially for New Zealand students aged 10-12 years of age. Fully revised with many new features this dictionary is the essential reference resource for upper primary school students. It provides information that should help develop a ...Show more
The New Zealand School Oxford Dictionary 5th edition by Dianne Bardsley
$27.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Series: NZ Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
The fifth edition of the New Zealand School Oxford Dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated, with hundreds of new words you won't find in other school dictionaries. This best-selling dictionary is written specifically for New Zealand school students and provides easy access to words, their spe ...Show more
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