A-Study-on-the-Features-of-Aussie-English

ModernAustralianCultureClass:EnglishTranslationNo:Name:1AStudyontheFeaturesofAussieEnglish澳大利亚英语的特征Abstract:AsweallknownthatAustraliaisayoungnationwithcolorfulnaturalresources,culturesandlanguages.ItsmainoriginlanguagecomesfromtheBritishEnglish,butduetothespecialhistoricalreasonsandthegeographicaldifferences,AussieEnglishstrikesusdeeplywithitsowntypicalfeatures.AustraliaEnglishasanimportantvarietyhasanimportantpositioninmodernEnglishfamily.Sincehistorical,geographicalandecologicalenvironmentimpact,AussieEnglishbecomesmoreandmoredifferenttootherEnglishvarietiesandhasdevelopedintoanewbranchoflanguagewithuniquefeaturesingrammar,vocabulary,phonetics,etc.Thispaperattemptstoexploreaboveaspects.Languageastheproductofasociety’sdevelopmentisalwaysdynamic.Peoplewholiveinthissocietycontributetheirknowledge,cultureandexperiencetotheuniquefeaturesofAussieEnglish.摘要：众所周知澳大利亚是一个年轻的国度，有着丰富的物产自然资源，文化习俗和其特有的澳洲语言。尽管其主要语言来自英国英语，但是因为澳洲独特的历史和地域差别，使澳洲英语具有不容忽视的独特性。澳洲英语作为一个重要的变体，在现代英语体系中有着重要的地位。由于受历史、地理和经济的影响，澳洲英语和其他英语变体的差异越来越大，最终产生了语音、词汇、甚至语法方面的差异。语言作为社会发展的产物是不断变化的，生活于该社会中的澳洲人用自身的知识、文化和阅读形成不可替代的澳洲英语的特点。Keywords:AustraliaEnglish,pronunciation,grammar,vocabulary关键词：澳大利亚英语，语音，语法，词汇ModernAustralianCultureClass:EnglishTranslationNo:Name:2Contents摘要……………………………………………………………………1ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………11Introduction……………………………………………………………31.1Background………………………………………………………31.2LiteratureReview………………………………………………31.3Comment…………………………………………………………32RegionalFeaturesofPronunciation………………………………42.1Classification……………………………………………………42.2Vowel……………………………………………………………42.3Consonant…………………………………………………………52.4GeneralImpression………………………………………………53DifferencesofGrammar…………………………………………64RegionalFeaturesofVocabularies………………………………64.1ForeignTeams……………………………………………………64.2SpecificVocabulary………………………………………………74.3NewMeaning……………………………………………………84.4Connection………………………………………………………95Conclusions………………………………………………………9References…………………………………………………………10ModernAustralianCultureClass:EnglishTranslationNo:Name:31Introduction1.1BackgroundWhenwetalkaboutEnglish,ourfirstreactionisBritishEnglishorAmericanEnglishbecausetheyarealwaysregardedasauthorityofEnglishlanguage.However,withthedevelopmentofglobalization,today,BritishEnglishorAmericanEnglishnolongertakesthelead.DuringtheprocessofEnglishdevelopment,EnglishhasproducedmanyvariantsandAussieisoneofthesevariants.Australiahassmallpopulationbutalargearea,andafewsocialgrades.ComparedwithotherEnglishcountries,ithasfewerregionaldifferencesoflanguage.Butitdoesn’tmeanthatAustraliadoesn’thaveregionaldifferencesandsocialgradedifferences.TheprocessofAussieEnglishthatdevelopfromcolonialEnglishtospecificregionalEnglishisalsothedevelopmentprocessofAustralia.AussieEnglishhasitsownoriginalities.Itnotonlyshowsinitspronunciations,intonationsandgrammars,butalsospecialandabundantvocabularies.Australia’sspecificgeographicalenvironmentandculturemakesgreatsense.1.2LiteratureReviewThestudyofAussieEnglishbeganfromtheendof19century.AftertheWorldWarTwo,AussieEnglishisregardedasanimportantvarietyofEnglish.Inthisfield,SidneyJ.Backer’sworkshasagreatinfluence.HepublishedhisworksTheAustraliaLanguagein1945anditestablishednormalAussieEnglish’sposition.ThefactsprovethatAussieEnglishreactstoAustralia’shistory,geographyandoccupationfeatures.1.3CommentIngeneral,AustraliancanunderstandotherpeoplewhosayEnglish,butitisdifficultforotherstounderstandthem.Peopleintheirconversationwillignorethedifferences,andadapttheirfeatureswithoutbeingconsciousofthechangestheyaremaking.Therefore,ontheonehand,AustralianotonlybindsAboriginalsocietiesModernAustralianCultureClass:EnglishTranslationNo:Name:4together,butalsodevelopsasoneofthebiggestimmigrantcountries,attractingpeoplefromallovertheworldwhobringalongtheircultures.AussieEnglishisnowmarchingtowardsanewtrend,colorfulexpressionandmixeddialects,imitatedinwaysofvaryingfriendlinessandfinallystandardizedandpresentingtheappealofitscharacteristics.Thispapermakesanattempttodiscusslanguagefeaturesofvarietiesfrompronunciation,grammarandvocabulary.2RegionalFeaturesofPronunciation2.1ClassificationAussieEnglishcanbedividedinto3kinds:CultivatedAustralianAccent,BroadAustralianAccentandGeneralAustralianAccent.CultivatedAustralianAccentissimilartoBritishEnglishpronunciation.BroadAustralianAccentistypicalAussieEnglishpronunciation.GeneralAustralianAccentisusedbymostAustralian.ThispaperaimstotalkaboutGeneralAustralianAccent.2.2VowelTheReceivedPronunciationEnglishusedbyBBCisconsideredasupperclassEnglishinEnglandandalsonormalpronunciationthatbroadcastersofEnglandbroadcastingstationandTVstationadopt.ConsideredwithfeaturesofRPpronunciation,AussieEnglishhasitsownspecificregionalfeatures.Inaspectofvowels,itbothhasphonologicaldifferencesandphoneticdifferences.Forexample,AustralianlikesoutherncitizensinEnglandoftenreadunstressedvowelofsuffix/i/as/i:/,somanypronounceslike/’meni:/,seedypronounceslike/’si:di:/,verypronounceslike/’veri:/.ThemorespecificisthatAussieEnglishuse/ə/insteadofunstressedvowel/i/,so/ə/appearsinthelastsyllableofwordslikehorses,wanted,n