English in Australia and New Zealand: An Introduction to Its History, Structure and UseEnglish in Australia and New Zealand combines both theory and description, and introduces the major theoretical and methodical issues in modern linguistic study. It also provides an overview of the structure and history of the English language in its many varieties, especially those of Australia and New Zealand. The emphasis is on English as it is used everyday. Almost all the examples are drawn from culinary texts, spoken and written. These include cooking books throughout the centuries, food and wine magazines, and books about food, health, diet and even etiquette. The book integrates a synchronic and diachronic approach. A description of each aspect of present-day English - be it vocabulary, sounds, or grammar - is followed by a discussion of its historical development. The approach is purposefully eclectic and draws upon many different traditions and areas within linguistics. Each chapter concludes with a summary of points to remember, as well as practical exercises and questions for discussion. |
Contents
Variation across space | 2 |
Attitudes to variation | 15 |
The Making of English | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal adjectives adverbs affixes allomorphs aspect Australian Australian English auxiliary basic clause become chapter clause types compounds conjoined consonants constituent structure content clauses contexts cook creole derivational describe dialects distinctive example expressions extract finite focaccia function Germanic grammatical grammaticalisation inflectional interrogative intonation Kriol language lemon zester lexeme lexical linguistic look main clause Maori meaning Middle English Modern English morphemes non-finite non-standard noun phrase NZ English object occur Old English original OZ and NZ patterns pavlova person phonemes phonological phrasal phrase structure rules pidgin plural predicate complement prepositional phrase pronunciation quoted recipe refer relative clauses semantic sentence sequence of words shift singular sort sound change speakers speech spelling spoken Standard English stem subordinate clause suffix syllable syntactic tense tion tongue typically variation varieties of English verb phrase versus vocabulary vocal folds vowel word class word order Zealand