Australian English Reimagined

Structure, Features and Developments

Louisa Willoughby, Howard Manns

$284

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Routledge
13 November 2019

Language: history & general works; Sociolinguistics; Phonetics, phonology; Applied linguistics for ELT

Series: Routledge Studies in World Englishes

Australian 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.

Edited by: Louisa Willoughby, Howard Manns
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780367029395
ISBN 10: 0367029391
Series: Routledge Studies in World Englishes
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 13 November 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. 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)

Louisa 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.

Reviews for Australian English Reimagined: Structure, Features and Developments

Australian 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