Specific character of English language. Words of Australian Aboriginal origin. Colloquialisms in dictionaries and language guides. The Australian idioms, substitutions, abbreviations and comparisons. English in different fields (food and drink, sport).
1.1 History and origins 1.2 Words of Australian Aboriginal origin Australian slang Convict sources Nicknames describing Australian StatesLiteratureThat 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. 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. · bush (as in North America) or scrub mean “wooded areas" or “country areas in general" in Australia, while in England, they are commonly used only in proper names (such as Shepherd’s Bush and Wormwood Scrubs). Some elements of Aboriginal languages have been incorporated into Australian English, mainly as names for places, flora and fauna (for example, dingo, kangaroo). The table 1 includes only some part of numerous slang words used in Australian English nowadays.According to this purpose the main task of the project consisted in carrying out of Australian English analysis using the information about Australian vocabulary, Aboriginal influence, country’s history and so on. In compliance with specified purpose and main task of the project the following tasks were resolved: 1. The tasks (1), (2) were accomplished in the first theoretical clause, task (3) was implemented in the second clause and the task (4) was implemented in the third clause of this project. As a whole, the concernment and urgency of this project consists in conducted analysis of Australian English, that includes useful information concerning Australian way of speech, slang dictionary and other peculiarities. In general, we can say that offered project can be worthy of notice because of reasons specified above and that is why it can be useful for getting knowledge about Australian English peculiarities.
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LiteratureTo sum up, we should say that this project analysis was conducted with the purpose of investigation of main peculiarities of Australian English. According to this purpose the main task of the project consisted in carrying out of Australian English analysis using the information about Australian vocabulary, Aboriginal influence, country’s history and so on.
In compliance with specified purpose and main task of the project the following tasks were resolved: 1. Australian English peculiarities were determined and specified.
2. History and origin of Australian English were considered.
3. Australian slang peculiarities and dictionary were analyzed.
4. Finally, Australian speech, words and expressions used in different life spheres were discussed.
The tasks (1), (2) were accomplished in the first theoretical clause, task (3) was implemented in the second clause and the task (4) was implemented in the third clause of this project. As a whole, the concernment and urgency of this project consists in conducted analysis of Australian English, that includes useful information concerning Australian way of speech, slang dictionary and other peculiarities.
In general, we can say that offered project can be worthy of notice because of reasons specified above and that is why it can be useful for getting knowledge about Australian English peculiarities.
Literature
1. Arthur, J. M. (1996) “Aboriginal English”, Oxford University Press, Australia.
2. Bell, R. (1998) “Americanization and Australia”, UNSW Press.
3. Crystal, D. (1995) “Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language”, Cambridge University Press.
4. Mitchell, Alexander G. (1995) “The Story of Australian English”, Sydney, Dictionary Research Centre.
5. Peters, Pam. (1986) “Spelling principles”, In: Peters, Pam, ed., Style in Australia: Current Practices in Spelling, Punctuation, Hyphenation, Capitalisation, etc.
6. Robert J. Menner. (1946) “The Australian Language” American Speech, Vol.21, No.2.
7. The So Called “American Spelling. ” 1901 pamphlet, Sydney, E. J. Forbes.
