English in Australia

English in Australia
Author: David Blair, Peter Collins
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Publication date: 2001
ISBN: 1556197292
Number of pages: 366
Format / Quality: rar -> pdf
Size: 1,72 MB

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