1. David González Planelles
Australian English
David González Planelles
Ana Pérez Torregrosa
Germán Asencio Antón
Pablo Antón Escudero

2. I n d e x Brief History of Australian English
Influences on Australian English
Pronunciation & Spelling
Grammar
Vocabulary

3. Darwin Brisbane Sydney Perth Adelaide Canberra Melbourne Hobart
Northern
Territory
Queensland
Western
Australia
Brisbane
South
Australia
New South
Wales
Sydney
Perth
Australian Capital
Territory (ACT)
Adelaide
Canberra
Victoria
Melbourne
Tasmania
Hobart

4. ETIMOLOGY 1. Brief History of Australian English
Latin “Australis” - Southern
La Tierra Austral del Espíritu Santo - Pedro Fernandes de Queirós - House of Austria

5. The original inhabitants: Aboriginal tribes who arrived in Australia approx. 40,000 to 60,000 years ago.
2 main indigenous ethnicities of Australia - Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islander

11. 1788 - British Settlement - Colony of New South Wales - Captain James Cook
First Fleet (11 ships) – Botany Bay (Sidney)

12. CONVICTS
Australian Penal colonies (petty offences: larceny - Large number of Irish)

14. First Speakers: the native-born children of the colony
Children born in New South Wales
Exposed to different dialects from all over the British Isles, (Ireland and South East England)
1820 Recognition of Australian English as different from British English
1901 Federation of Australia - 6 British colonies formed 1 nation
English: no official status, but de facto official language and 1st language used

15. 2. Influences on Australian English
British English: 1850: 1st Australian Gold Rush – Wave of immigration (2% of population of UK – Irish convicts)

16. Aboriginal languages: 27 language families

17. Torres Strait islands languages: Western-Central and Eastern
Names of places (cities, suburbs), flora, fauna. Ex: Canberra = meeting place

18. American English - introduction of words, spellings, terms and usage
19th c. Gold Rush - dirt and digger
World War II - okay, you guys and gee
TV and Media

19. STANDARD AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH
3. Pronunciation & Spelling
STANDARD AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH
Most people raised in Australia
Broadness continuum
1965
Broad (34%)
General (55%) The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
Cultivated (11%)
* The general category is increasing at the expense of broad and cultivated
Dominant variety, but not the only one:
Aboriginal English
Various ethno-cultural AusE dialects (e.g. Lebspeak)

20. CONSONANTS VOWELS Non-rhotic, linking /r/ e.g. car, there are
Glottal stop (ʔ) e.g. kitten, department
Intervocalic /t/ as a flap /d/ e.g. written, got it
I-glide (/j/ sound) between some consonants and /u/ e.g. /nju:z/ (news)
VOWELS
Long /a:/ coexists with /æ/ e.g. half, arm, father
 /a:/ more prestigious
Schwa rather than /ɪ/ e.g. naked, acid
/æ/ sound  /e/ e.g. I love that hat (ðet het)
/i:/ rather than /ɪ/ e.g. very, many, happy

21. DIPHTONGS /aɪ/  /ɔɪ/ e.g. right, life, sign
/eɪ/ tends to /aɪ/ e.g. no way, say
Dry sound (Cockney)
Twangy sounds + rising inflection or high-rising terminal (Australian English)

22. No official regulator of correct spelling and grammar  MacQuarie Dictionary
AusEng spelling similar to British English...
* “ou” retained: honour, favour
* “-re” instead of “-er”: theatre, metre, litre
* “-ise” more frequent: organise, realise
... BUT THERE IS A TENDENCY TOWARDS AMERICAN SIMPLIFICATION
* Australian Labor Party
* program (programme)
* analog (analogue)
* -ize coexists
* No Latin/Greek diphthongs: encyclopedia (encyclopaedia)
diarrhea (diarrhoea)

24. ANDY: HEAR YE, HEAR YE. THIS SESSION WILL NOW COME TO ORDER
ANDY: HEAR YE, HEAR YE. THIS SESSION WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WE HAVE PRESENT TODAY ONE BART SIMPSON. I BELIEVE HE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. BART?
BART: I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY FOR WHAT I DID TO YOUR COUNTRY.
ANDY: WELL, YOU'RE FREE TO GO, BART... RIGHT AFTER YOUR__ADDITIONAL PUNISHMENT.
HOMER: PUNISHMENT?
ANDY: WELL, A MERE__APOLOGY WOULD BE A BIT EMPTY, EH? LET THE BOOTING BEGIN.
HOMER: BOOTING?
ANDY: AW, IT'S JUST A LITTLE KICK IN THE BUM.

25. 5. Grammar Collective nouns concord in singular
E.g.: The team is winning.
“Different from / to” rather than “different than”
E.g.: My car is different from yours.
Present Perfect  Simple Past
E.g.: He has played for us last year
Usedn’t to
E.g.: He usedn’t to go to Church everyday.
May = might/could
E.g.: If we found out who caused the problem, we may solve it.
Mustn’t = can’t
E.g.: He mustn’t have wanted the money. 25

26. A NEW REALITY HAD TO BE DESCRIBED
4. Australian Vocabulary
A B O R I G I N A L
Kangaroo
Koala
Wombat
Emu
Currawong kookaburra Galah
bindieye calombo boree banksia quandong mallee
boomerang corroboree: dance jackeroo: farm manager
Other words
1/3
A NEW REALITY HAD TO BE DESCRIBED

27. NON-ABORIGINAL amber quids chook durry daks frock bloke sheila stove
dunny
crook
roo
spell

28. UNIQUE SET OF DIMINUTIVES
abo (aborigine) arvo (afternoon) bizzo (business) doco (documentary) -o
Aussie (Australian)
brekkie (breakfast)
barbie (barbeque)
Chrissie (Christmas)
-ie
lippy (lipstick)
exy (expensive)
surfy (surfing fanatic) -y

29. How ya going? (how are you?)
AUSSIE SLANG
g’day mate!
(hello friend)
How ya going? (how are you?)
Ace, ta!
(Very good, thanks!)
It’s been yonks
(long time no see)
Too right!
(definitely!)
Catch ya later!
(see you later!)
Cheers!
(goodbye!)

30. Identify in the following video the 5 words of Australian English which are the same in British English and that we already saw in the Am. Eng. vs Br. Eng. Exercise we did a few weeks ago.
ACTIVITY

32. ANSWERS Diaper Sidewalk Parking lot Sweater Shopping cart Nappy
Footpath
Car park
Jumper
Trolley

33. Hooroo! (goodbye!)