English in Australia /

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 v...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Blair, David, 1942-, Collins, Peter, 1950-
Μορφή: Licensed eBooks
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2001.
Σειρά:Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 26.
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253399
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 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.