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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co. ©2001
Series:Varieties of English around the world v. 26
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 366 pages)
ISBN:1556197292
9027248842
9027297991
9781556197291
9789027248848
9789027297990

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