English in Australia / edited by David Blair, Peter Collins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blair, David, 1942-

Collins, Peter, 1950-

Series:

Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 26.

Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Australia.

English language.

English language--Variation--Australia.

Australianisms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique collection fills a ten-year gap in studies on the nature of Australian English, and it is the first to deal exclusively with varieties of English on the Australian continent. The book contains chapters on the phonology, morphology, syntax and the lexicon of the dialect, and chapters on variation within the dialect that include Aboriginal and ethnic varieties as well as regional and generational differences with a focus on questions of Australian identity and intercultural relations. With selected contributions by Australia's leading linguists this volume records the most recent dev

Contents:

ENGLISH IN AUSTRALIA; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Language and identity in Australia; The changing face of Australian English vowels; Variation and change in Australian English Consonants: Reduction of /t/; The vocalisation of dark l in Australian English; Hypocoristics of place-names in Australian English; Syntactic features and norms in Australian English; Australian English and indigenous voices; Australian English - an identity crisis; Corpus evidence on Australian style and usage; Torres Strait English; Aboriginal English: Adopted code of a surviving culture

Ethnic varieties of Australian EnglishAustralian English and recent migrant groups; The acquisition of colloquialisms by non-native speakers; Changing attitudes to Australian English; A. G. Mitchell and the development of Australian pronunciation; Lexicography and national identity: the Australian experience; Australian English in interaction with other Englishes; A Geolinguistics of short A in Australian English; Index; VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD (VEAW)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612162336

9781282162334

1282162330

9789027297990

9027297991

OCLC:

70765006