TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blair,David
AU  - Collins,Peter
TI  - English in Australia
T2  - Varieties of English around the world. General series
SN  - 9789027297990
AV  - PE3601 .E54 2001eb
U1  - 420/.994 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub. Co.
KW  - English language
KW  - Australia
KW  - Variation
KW  - Australianisms
KW  - Anglais (Langue)
KW  - Australie
KW  - Idiotismes
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Engels
KW  - gtt
KW  - Taalvariatie
KW  - English
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Languages & Literatures
KW  - English Language
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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