澳大利亚英语词汇特征分析报告.ppt

Study Habits of Australians From research, Australians do their homework at dinner table for about 20 minutes. Features of Australian Lexicon 1120302108 张颖彤 1120302127 沈丹恬 11203021030 费碟 -History and Development of Australian -Character of Australians -Study Habits of Australians General Introduction Australian is a variant of British English. It has changed sound, vocabulary and grammar in British English and gets its own character. Sound Sound of Australian can be divided into 3 types: Cultivated Australian 有教养的澳大利亚英语 It is the one closest to British English. General Australian 普通澳大利亚英语 Broad Australian 宽式澳大利亚英语 Vocabulary English colonists expanded vocabulary because the former number was not enough. They added word by 3 ways: From Australian Aboriginal Tone Forming new compound words eg. Backblock远郊(sparsely偏僻(人口稀少的)内地inhabited area far from the city) Giving new meaning to existing words Grammar The grammar of Australian reflect education of individual. For well-cultivated Australians, their grammar is almost the same as British. Australian With vast land but little population and relatively less social rank, there are less regional differences in Australia than in other countries. However, differences indeed exist because different regions, race, economic ability, and so on. History and Development of Australian Australia is a country of immigrants and has a multi-cultural society. During the history, Australian was influenced by many languages: British English American English Australian Aboriginal Tone Chinese British English It is British who built the first colony in Australia for the arrangement for prisoners. Then many immigrants came, and the number was increasing. Gradually, Australian separated from British English. Australian has lots of British English lexicon, but many of them got new meaning and usage in Australian. In term of spelling, Australian is relatively closer to British English than to other kinds of