phonetics/ phonology - accents Flashcards
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australian english
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regional dialect of english, spoken in a specific geographical location - australia. has certain vocabular, grammatical, and pronunciation features that are distinctive from other varieties of english
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three major dialect subgroups in australia - list
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standard australian english, aboriginal english, ethnocultural australian english varieties (ethnolects)
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phonological features of australian english
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- non-rhotic - ‘R’s that follow vowels is not pronounced
- yod dropping - australians do not drop their yods - ‘tune’ is tchune not toon, ‘news’ is nyuz not nooz
- tend to flap intervocalic sounds t - d “thirty” - “thirdy”
- glottalise - some australians pronounce a ‘t’ as a glottal stop - ‘butler’ ‘fatten’
*high rising terminal, makes sentences that arent questions sound like questions
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accent
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describes the kind of pronunciation we aassociate with a language variety
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broad accent
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stereotypically attached to australian people. bogan, vowels more drawn out
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general accent
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majority of australians speak with a broad accent
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cultivated accent
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similar to british, associated with high class and prestige. not very common any more
