Dr Bruce Moore
Research interests
• Australian English
• History of the English Language
• Lexicography
• Old English
• Middle English
Biography
Dr Bruce Moore was Head of the Australian National Dictionary Centre from 1994 until his retirement. Before 1994, he taught Old and Middle English Language and Literature at Sydney University, Monash University, and the University of New South Wales. His monographs include Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English (2008) and What's Their Story: A History of Australian Words (2010). He edited a number of dictionaries for Oxford University Press Australia, including the Australian Oxford Dictionary, the Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary, and the Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary. His new edition of the Australian National Dictionary was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. His book Come in Spinner: A History of Two-up and Its Language was published by Australian Scholarly Publishing in 2022.
Publications
- Moore, B 2019, 'Book Review: Gogobera: Australia's Original Languages: An introduction by R.M.W. Dixon', Australian Book Review, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 20-20.
- Moore, B 2019, 'Book Review: The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language by Peter Martin, Princeton University Press', Australian Book Review, vol. 417, pp. 40-41.
- Moore, B 2018, 'Book Review: That's the Way It Crumbles: The American conquest of English by Matthew Engel', Australian Book Review, p. 58.
- Moore, B 2018, 'Book Review: BEOWULF translated by Stephen Mitchell, Yale University Press (Footprint)', Australian Book Review, vol. 400, pp. 27-27.
- Moore, B., Laugesen, A et al, eds, 2016, The Australian National Dictionary: Australian Words and Their Origins (2nd ed), Oxford University Press, Australia.
