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OverviewAustralian English is perhaps best known for its colourful slang, but the variety is much richer than slang alone. This collection provides a detailed account of Australian English by bringing together leading scholars of this English variety. These scholars provide a comprehensive overview of Australian English’s distinctive features and outline cutting-edge research into the variation and change of English in Australia. Organised thematically, this volume explores the ways in which Australian English differs from other varieties of English, as well as examining regional, social and stylistic variation within the variety. The volume first explores particular structural features where Australian English differentiates itself from other English varieties. There are chapters on phonetics and phonology, socio-phonetics, lexicon and discourse-pragmatics as these elements are core to understanding any variety of English, especially within the World Englishes paradigm. It then considers what are arguably the most salient aspects of variation within Australian English and finally focuses on historical, attitudinal and planning aspects of Australian English. This volume provides a thorough account of Australian English and its users as complex, diverse and worthy of study. Perhaps more importantly, this volume’s scholars provide a reimagining of Australian English and the paradigm through which future scholars may proceed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Louisa Willoughby , Howard MannsPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9780367029395ISBN 10: 0367029391 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 13 November 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introducing Australian English Part 1: Features of Australian English 2. Phonetics and Phonology of Australian English 3. Tense, Aspect and Modality in Australian English 4. Negation in Australian English 5. Reimagining Discourse-pragmatic Features of Australian Englishes 6. Lexicon of Australian English Part 2: Internal Variation in Australian English 7. Sociophonetics of Australian English 8. Lexical and Morphosyntactic Variation in Australian English 9. Aboriginal English(es) 10. Ethnolectal Variability in Australian English Part 3: Historical Development of Australian English 11. History of Australian English 12. American Influences on Australian English 13. Codification of Australian English 14. Attitudes to Australian English 15. The Australian National Corpus (and beyond)ReviewsAustralian English is a dynamic epi-centre of global English, the third one next to British and American English. This book edited by Willoughby and Hanns assesses the rich current state of research and suggests future avenues to increase knowledge of Australia's mainstream, ethnic and regional Englishes, the theories that develop under its influence in sociolinguistics and educational politics, and shows how Australian identitites are being recast. - Gerhard Leitner, Institute of English Language and Literature, Freie Universitat Berlin Author InformationLouisa Willoughby is a senior lecturer in linguistics in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. Howard Manns is a lecturer in linguistics in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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