Richards, Kel.

The Story of Australian English. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (298 pages)

Intro -- CONTENTS -- 1. WHAT IS AUSSIE ENGLISH? -- 2. ENGLISH ARRIVES -- 3. THE FLASH LANGUAGE -- 4. NATIVE TONGUES -- 5. CONVICT WORDS -- 6. UP THE BUSH -- 7. GOLD! -- 8. AUSTRAL ENGLISH -- 9. THE 'BANJO' AND THE BULLETIN -- 10. LARRIKIN LINGO -- 11. DIGGER DIALECTS -- 12. THE HOMEFRONT -- 13. WORDS AT WAR(AGAIN!) -- 14. THE AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE -- 15. THE WORDS OF THE WEIRD MOB -- 16. THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WORDS -- 17. SPEAKING STRINE -- 18. MAKING DICTIONARIES -- 19. MAPPING WORDS -- 20. THE FUTURE OF AUSSIE ENGLISH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

Kel Richards talks about The Story ofAustralian English on the Today Show.

9781742247168


Australianisms -- History.
English language -- Australia.
Linguistics.


Electronic books.

PE3601 .R384 2015

427.994