Standard English Standard English compared to compared to

Australian EnglishAustralian English

Table of contentsTable of contents• Standard British EnglishStandard British English• Australian EnglishAustralian English• Australian slangAustralian slang• HistoryHistory• DifferencesDifferences• SimilaritiesSimilarities• ConclusionConclusion• SourcesSources

Standard EnglishStandard English• Global languageGlobal language• 89% learn English in school89% learn English in school• British Standard English British Standard English • Most formal version of EnglishMost formal version of English• Mainly spoken in Great Mainly spoken in Great

Britain/EnglandBritain/England• Standard English is generally taught Standard English is generally taught

in British schoolsin British schools

Australian EnglishAustralian English

• 267 languages in Australia267 languages in Australia• Australian English most common Australian English most common

spoken language in Australiaspoken language in Australia• Broad, General and Cultivated. Broad, General and Cultivated. • Own style in using the language, Own style in using the language,

vocabulary, pronunciation and accentvocabulary, pronunciation and accent• Special words and phrases called Special words and phrases called strinestrine

• Like to shorten the wordsLike to shorten the words

Australian slangAustralian slang

• Words they have made upWords they have made up

• Words borrowed from earlier Words borrowed from earlier settlerssettlers

• Causes problems of Causes problems of communicationcommunication

HistoryHistory

Standard EnglishStandard English• King Charles II, 1649King Charles II, 1649• Established by Established by

grammarians grammarians • 18th and 19th 18th and 19th

centuriescenturies• Regarded as correct Regarded as correct

written Englishwritten English• During the 19th During the 19th

century, it became the century, it became the accent of public schools accent of public schools

Australian Australian EnglishEnglish

• The same time of The same time of firstfirst

settlement in New settlement in New South Wales in 1778South Wales in 1778

• Words and phrases Words and phrases originated with originated with convicts from convicts from England in 1788-England in 1788-18681868

DifferencesDifferences• Australian English is more nasal and Australian English is more nasal and

less clipped than the British English less clipped than the British English accent accent

• The British English accent differ in The British English accent differ in pronunciation pronunciation

• Australian English: rising intonationAustralian English: rising intonation Makes it sound like a questionMakes it sound like a question

SimilaritiesSimilarities• ””r” at the end of a word is silentr” at the end of a word is silent• Many words are the sameMany words are the same• The word order and arrangement of The word order and arrangement of

a sentencea sentence are the same are the same• Generally the same languageGenerally the same language• Easy to understand each otherEasy to understand each other

SourcesSources• http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Differences-Betwee

n-American,-British,-and-Australian-English&id=1729247 (16.03.-10) (16.03.-10)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English (19.03.-10)(19.03.-10)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_English (19.03.-10)Standard_English (19.03.-10)

• http://fits.depauw.edu/mkfinney/http://fits.depauw.edu/mkfinney/culturaleresumes/australia/culturaleresumes/australia/history_of_australian_language.htm (19.03.-history_of_australian_language.htm (19.03.-10)10)

• http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/dialectsofenglish.html (22.03.-10)dialectsofenglish.html (22.03.-10)

• http://www.english.wisc.edu/rfyoung/336/http://www.english.wisc.edu/rfyoung/336/se.pdf se.pdf

• The Australian Slanguage, Bill HornadgeThe Australian Slanguage, Bill Hornadge