Content

Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… .2 National Language…………………………………...……………………….……3

Australian English...………………………………………………………….…….3

History…………………..………………………………………………….………3

Australian English Phonology………………………………………………...……4

Pronunciation…………………………………………………………………….…6

Variation in Australian English ……...……………………………………….……6

Sociocultural variation ……………………………………………………………..7

Australian English Vocabulary………………………………............................…..8

Comparison with other varieties…………………………………………………....8

Grammar………...………..……………………………………………….………10

Spelling, style and keyboards……………………….…………………….………10

Australian slang…………………..……………………………………….………11

Conclusion……………………………………………………………….………..16

Literature….……………………………………………………………...……….15

Introduction

The urgency of conducted analysis is proven by the fact that all types of English language have their own peculiarities which are always difficult to get. The same is true for the Australian English. That is especially takes place and is important for people who have to spend some time in Australia, because even if they know English on a good level they can be very confused by lots of words and expressions Australians often use in their everyday speech. Their history, people, life became the reasons of their language peculiarities. A lot of researches were conducted to examine Australian way of speech and slang.

So, the purpose of conducting this project consists in the determination of such peculiarities and main features of Australian English from different points of view (history, origin, spoken language, slang and so on).

Montage of languages. Prototype header for the lan...

English: Three Australian Pelicans in Tasmania, Au...

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According to this purpose the main task of this degree includes carrying out of Australian English analysis using information about Australian speech in different fields.

In compliance with specified purpose and main task of the research the following tasks were set in this project:

1. Firstly, to examine Australian English itself, its peculiarities, history, origin, spelling and so on.

2. Secondly, to examine Australian slang including information about colloquialism, history and ways of Australian spoken speech, Australian slang dictionary.

3. Thirdly, to trace Australian speech peculiarities in different life spheres.

National language

A national language is a language (or language variant, i.e. dialect) which has some connection-de facto or de jure -with a people and perhaps by extension the territory they...