"Vicious lah-di-dah pronunciation" or "singular beauty"?: social meanings of variation in 1890s Australian English

Abstract - English

This paper investigates the intersection of socioeconomic status and country of birth in social meanings of Australian English (AusE) variation in colonial Australia. It does so by examining written data from the 1890s. The... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Lee Murray (Monash University)

Topic Area

Language and class

Session

F130319/P » Paper (13:30 - Friday, 29th June, OGGB 319)

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