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The story of Australian English /

The English language arrived in Australia with the first motley bunch of European settlers on 26 January 1788. Today there is clearly a distinctive Australian regional dialect with its own place among the global family of Englishes. How did this come about? Where did the distinctive pattern, accent,...

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Main Author:	Richards, Kel, 1946- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2015.
Subjects:	English language > Dialects > Australia > History. English language > Australia > History. Australianisms. English language. English language > Dialects. Australia. History.

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