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Author Moore, Bruce, 1947-

Title Speaking our language : the story of Australian English / Bruce Moore
Published South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 2008

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 MELB  427.00994 Moo/Sol  DUE 13-04-24
Description xix, 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents Introduction -- Some feature of Australian speech -- 1. Words from Indigenous languages -- 2. The world upside down : the natural world -- 3. The world upside down : the social world -- 4. Currency versus sterling -- 5. Establishing the accent -- 6. Gold! Gold! Gold! -- 7. The dialect evidence -- 8. The great expansion -- 9. Accent and empire -- 10. Currency and sterling -- 11. It's time -- 12. Regional Australian English -- 13. Other Australian Englishes -- 14. Postscript : the future -- Notes -- Word index
Summary For the first time the story of Australian English is about to be told in full. It is written for people who want to know where Australian English came from, what the forces were that moulded it, why it takes its present form, and where it is going. Australian author and content
Analysis Australian English
Australian English (Australia)
History, 1801-1900
History, 2000-2009
Slang
Notes Includes bibliographic references (p. 207-220) and index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 207-222
Subject Australianisms -- History.
English language -- Australia.
LC no. 2008431677
ISBN 0195565770 (hbk.)
0195565789 (paperback)
9780195565775 (hbk.)
9780195565782 (paperback)