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Australian Style is a biannual print newsletter, published by the Style Council and Dictionary Research Centre at Macquarie University since 1992. To add your name to the mailing list, please contact: Australian Style, c/- Australian Government Information Management Office, Department of Finance and Administration, GPO Box 390, Canberra ACT 2601 or by email: subscribe.style@finance.gov.au

The following are links to all the lead articles:

Volume 15.2, August 2007 - (current) Words for describing Australian Aboriginal Song
Volume 15.1, August 2007 - Tasmanian words
Volume 14.2, December 2006 - Sea Words: A Historical Study from New Zealand
Volume 14.1, June 2006 - Translating Guidebooks - Twitchers, Gricers & “Doing Doughnuts”
Volume 13.2, December 2005 - Extreme Lexicography
Volume 13.1, June 2005 - Figuring out numbers
Volume 12.2, December 2004 - Australian hypocoristics: putting the -ie into Aussie
Volume 12.1, June 2004 - Are crustaceans shellfish? A whiff of scandal in English lexicography
Volume 11.2, December 2003 - The Australian Word Map
Volume 11.1, June 2003 - Words between languages and cultures
Volume 10.2, December 2002 - Names and Genes
Volume 10.1, June 2002 - Is 07 04 2002 the 4th of July?
Volume 9.2, December 2001   - Collecting Queensland Words
Volume 9.1, July 2001- What's in a name: family naming practices
Volume 8.2, December 2000 - Email Style: rebelling against Standard English
Volume 8.1, June 2000- A Reflection on style
Volume 7.2, December 1999- Australian Style makes a strong comeback
Volume 7.1, May 1999- Corrupters, bodyguards or midwives
Volume 6.2, June 1998- The evolution of Australian style and usage
Volume 6.1, December 1997 - A Chair with no leg to stand on
Volume 5.2, June 1997 - The influence of Aboriginal English
Volume 5.1, December 1996 - Auslan and myths about sign language
Volume 4.2, June 1996 - Greenspeak
Volume 4.1, December 1995 - Political correctness: euphemism with attitude
Volume 3.2, June 1995 - Putting grammar back in the school curriculum
Volume 3.1, December 1994 - A study of writing
Volume 2.2, June 1994 - Beyond Plain English
Volume 2.1, December 1993 - Literacy and literacy standards
Volume 1.2, April 1993 - Language Standards: what are they based on?
Volume 1.1, October 1992 - Language Matters: to care or not to care

 

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