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English in Australia / edited by David Blair [and] Peter Collins.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Varieties of English around the world. General series ; ; v. 26.Publisher: Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2000Description: vi, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1556197292
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.994
LOC classification:
  • PE3601. E54 2000
Contents:
Introduction: Language and identity in Australia / Peter Collins and David Blair -- Sect. A. English in Australia: structure. Phonology. Vowel change: synchronic and diachronic evidence / Felicity Cox and Sallyanne Palethorpe. Variation and change in Australian consonants: reduction of /t/ / Laura Tollfree. The vocalisation of dark l in Australian English / Toni Borowsky. Morphology. Hypocoristics of place-names / Jane Simpson. Syntax. Syntactic features and norms in Australian English / Mark Newbrook. Lexicon. Australian English and indigenous voices / Bruce Moore. Australian English - an identity crisis / Susan Butler. Corpus evidence on Australian style and usage / Pam Peters -- Sect. B. English in Australia: variation. Torres Strait and Aboriginal. Torres Strait English / Anna Shnukal. Aboriginal English: adopted code of a surviving culture / Ian Malcolm. Ethnic varieties. Ethnic varieties of Australian English / Michael Clyne, Edina Eisikovits and Laura Tollfree. Australian English and recent migrant groups / Scott Kiesling. Diachronic and generational variation. The acquisition of colloquialisms by non-native speakers / Jane Curtain. Changing attitudes to Australian English / David Bradley and Maya Bradley. A.G. Mitchell and the development of Australian pronunciation / Colin Yallop. Lexicography and national identity: the Australian experience / Arthur Delbridge. Australian English in interaction with other Englishes / Brian Taylor. Regional variation. Short A in Australian English: a geolinguistic study / Barbara M. Horvath and Ronald J. Horvath.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Language and identity in Australia / Peter Collins and David Blair -- Sect. A. English in Australia: structure. Phonology. Vowel change: synchronic and diachronic evidence / Felicity Cox and Sallyanne Palethorpe. Variation and change in Australian consonants: reduction of /t/ / Laura Tollfree. The vocalisation of dark l in Australian English / Toni Borowsky. Morphology. Hypocoristics of place-names / Jane Simpson. Syntax. Syntactic features and norms in Australian English / Mark Newbrook. Lexicon. Australian English and indigenous voices / Bruce Moore. Australian English - an identity crisis / Susan Butler. Corpus evidence on Australian style and usage / Pam Peters -- Sect. B. English in Australia: variation. Torres Strait and Aboriginal. Torres Strait English / Anna Shnukal. Aboriginal English: adopted code of a surviving culture / Ian Malcolm. Ethnic varieties. Ethnic varieties of Australian English / Michael Clyne, Edina Eisikovits and Laura Tollfree. Australian English and recent migrant groups / Scott Kiesling. Diachronic and generational variation. The acquisition of colloquialisms by non-native speakers / Jane Curtain. Changing attitudes to Australian English / David Bradley and Maya Bradley. A.G. Mitchell and the development of Australian pronunciation / Colin Yallop. Lexicography and national identity: the Australian experience / Arthur Delbridge. Australian English in interaction with other Englishes / Brian Taylor. Regional variation. Short A in Australian English: a geolinguistic study / Barbara M. Horvath and Ronald J. Horvath.

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