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English in Australia

Author: David Blair; Peter Collins
Publisher: Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 2001
Series: Varieties of English around the world., General series ;, 26
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This title explores the English language in Australia, focusing on aspects such as structure, phonology, morphology and lexicon, to variation from Torres Strait English and Aboriginal to ethnic  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Blair; Peter Collins
ISBN: 1556197292 9781556197291 9027248842 9789027248848
OCLC Number: 462318919
Description: vi, 366 s. : illustrations
Contents: Vowel change --
synchronic and diachronic evidence; variation and change in Australian consonants --
reduction fo /t/; the vocalization of dark l in Australian English; hypocoristics of place-names; 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 English; Australian English and recent migrant groups; the acquisition of colloquialisms by non-native speakers; changing attitudes to Australian English. (Part contents).
Series Title: Varieties of English around the world., General series ;, 26
Responsibility: edited by David Blair, Peter Collins

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