English in Australia (Varieties of English Around the World)

Edited by David Blair and Peter Collins

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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 developments in the study of English within Australia.

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 varieties and regional variations.

 

Table of contents

 

Introduction

Language and identity in Australia

Peter Collins and David Blair
1
Section A: English in Australia: structure
Phonology

Vowel change: synchronic and diachronic evidence

Felicity Cox and Sallyanne Palethorpe
17

Variation and change in Australian consonants: reduction of /t/

Laura Tollfree
45

The vocalisation of dark l in Australian English

Toni Borowsky
69
Morphology

Hypocoristics of place-names

Jane Simpson
89
Syntax

Syntactic features and norms in Australian English

Mark Newbrook
113
Lexicon

Australian English and indigenous voices

Bruce Moore
133

Australian English — an identity crisis

Susan Butler
151

Corpus evidence on Australian style and usage

Pam Peters
163
Section B: English in Australia: variation
Torres Strait and Aboriginal

Torres Strait English

Anna Shnukal
181

Aboriginal English: adopted code of a surviving culture

Ian G. Malcolm
201
Ethnic varieties

Ethnic varieties of Australian English

Michael Clyne, Edina Eisikovits and Laura Tollfree
223

Australian English and recent migrant groups

Scott F. Kiesling
239
Diachronic and generational variation

The acquisition of colloquialisms by non-native speakers

Jane Curtain
259

Changing attitudes to Australian English

David Bradley and Maya Bradley
271

A.G. Mitchell and the development of Australian pronunciation

Colin Yallop
287

Lexicography and national identity: the Australian experience

Arthur Delbridge
303

Australian English in interaction with other Englishes

Brian Taylor
317
Regional variation

Short A in Australian English: a geolinguistic study

Barbara Horvath and Ronald J. Horvath
341
Index
357

 

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