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1 y separately published work icon The Melbourne Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie , 2023 26915769 2023 single work podcast

'In this week’s ABR Podcast, Sarah Ogilvie explores the mystery behind the Oxford English Dictionary’s (1928) Australian lexicon. Ogilvie, a former Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre, tells us about the Melbourne Dictionary People, a group of nineteenth and early-twentieth century Melburnians who contributed Australianisms for the OED project. Listen to Sarah Ogilvie’s ‘The Melbourne Dictionary People: Active service to the mother tongue’, published in the September issue of ABR.' (Production summary)
1 Unsung Hero of Australian Lexicography Sarah Ogilvie , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 342 2012; (p. 38)
1 Landmines in Lexicography Sarah Ogilvie , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 341 2012; (p. 32-33)
1 Citizen Lexicography Sarah Ogilvie , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 339 2012; (p. 52-53) Sarah Ogilvie, Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC), discusses research into early Australian English usage. She suggests that 'searching for citations in handwritten manuscripts is ... the perfect crowd-sourcing project, reaching out to the public via the Web to help in discrete scholarly tasks'. The ANDC hopes to create a 'Word Zoo' (based on Oxford's Galaxy Zoo model) and to 'give the public the chance to join us in our dictionary making'.
1 'A New Garment Throughout' : The Future of Dictionaries in the Digital Age Sarah Ogilvie , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 338 2012; (p. 44-46) Ozwords , April vol. 21 no. 1 2012; (p. 1-2) Sarah Ogilvie explores the possibilities for dictionaries in an online environment. She also warns of the limitations of free dictionary websites. These sites simply reproduce out of print dictionaries and rarely incorporate lexicographical developments.
1 Untitled Sarah Ogilvie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , December vol. 32 no. 4 2008; (p. 562-564)
— Review of Stunned Mullets and Two-Pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms G. A. Wilkes , 2008 reference
1 Biographer of Words Sarah Ogilvie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 307 2008; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Speaking Our Language : The Story of Australian English Bruce Moore , 2008 single work criticism
1 Dictionaries and the Public Sarah Ogilvie , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 1-3)
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