Table of contents
Introduction
Language and identity in Australia1 Section A: English in Australia: structure
Phonology
Vowel change: synchronic and diachronic evidence17 Variation and change in Australian consonants: reduction of /t/45 The vocalisation of dark l in Australian English69 Morphology
Hypocoristics of place-names89 Syntax
Syntactic features and norms in Australian English113 Lexicon
Australian English and indigenous voices133 Australian English — an identity crisis151 Corpus evidence on Australian style and usage163 Section B: English in Australia: variation
Torres Strait and Aboriginal
Aboriginal English: adopted code of a surviving culture201 Ethnic varieties
Ethnic varieties of Australian English223 Australian English and recent migrant groups239 Diachronic and generational variation
The acquisition of colloquialisms by non-native speakers259 Changing attitudes to Australian English271 A.G. Mitchell and the development of Australian pronunciation287 Lexicography and national identity: the Australian experience303 Australian English in interaction with other Englishes317 Regional variation
Short A in Australian English: a geolinguistic study341 Index357
