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Author Mancini, Anne, 1935-

Title Australian accents : an introduction to language / Anne Mancini
Published Sydney : Hodder & Stoughton, 1998

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 MELB  418.00994 Man/Aee  AVAILABLE
Description x, 140 pages : illustrations portraits ; 30 cm
Contents Unit 1. Word power -- Unit 2. How we acquire language -- Unit 3. Tools of trade -- Unit 4. Language change -- Unit 5. New technology and new words -- Unit 6. The development of English -- Unit 7. Australian languages -- Unit 8. Social identity and language in Australia -- Unit 9. Spoken English -- Unit 10. Written English -- Unit 11. What is language? -- Unit 12. Future developments of English
Summary Word power - Language development - Vocabulary and sentence structure - Language change - New technology and new words - Development of English - Australian languages - Social identity and language in Australia - Spoken English - Written English - Future developments of English
Audience Secondary students
Subject English language -- Composition and exercises.
English language -- Rhetoric.
ISBN 0733606989