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Advances in Australian English

A special issue of Languages (ISSN 2226-471X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (19 January 2024) | Viewed by 2120

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Chloe Diskin-Holdaway

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School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
Interests: sociolinguistics; second language acquisition; language attitudes and ideologies
Dr. Kirsty McDougall

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Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Section, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK
Interests: speaker characteristics; forensic phonetics; sociophonetics; theories of speech production; phonetic realisation of varieties of English

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit research to the upcoming Special Issue of Languages, entitled “Advances in Australian English”, a selection of articles bringing together cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research in Australian English(es) from the perspectives of sociolinguistics, language variation and change, phonetics, forensic linguistics, language contact and multilingualism, and language acquisition.

Conferences and colloquia such as Language Variation and Change-Australia, the Forum on Englishes in Australia, Sociophonetic Variability in the English Varieties of Australia (SocioPhonAus), and the Australian Linguistic Society annual meeting, as well as special sessions at the Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST), are by now well-established outlets for the latest linguistic research in Australian English(es). Furthermore, recent edited volumes such as Australian English Reimagined: Structure Features and Developments (2020) and textbooks such as Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription (2017) have laid the foundation for excellence and rigour in a growing interdisciplinary field. Our Special Issue will aim to capture more recent developments in this fast-moving, burgeoning and increasingly diverse area of research. We welcome submissions from all areas of research in Australian English(es) and we particularly welcome work from underrepresented communities or speakers, such as ethnolects of Australian English and Aboriginal English(es).

We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400–600 words summarizing their intended contribution to the guest editors ([email protected] and [email protected]) or to the Languages editorial office ([email protected]). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purpose of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue, but this does not guarantee publication. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review. Please note that articles will be fully open access and that the article processing charges (APC) will be waived for this Special Issue.

References

Cox, F., & Fletcher, J. (2017). Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316995631

Willoughby, L., & Manns, H. (Eds.). (2020). Australian English Reimagined: Structure, Features and Developments. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429019692

Dr. Chloe Diskin-Holdaway
Dr. Kirsty McDougall
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Languages is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Australian English
  • sociolinguistics
  • language variation and change
  • phonetics
  • forensic linguistics
  • language contact and multilingualism
  • language acquisition
  • ethnolects
  • Aboriginal English(es)

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Ladz in the Hood: Features of Pasifika English in Drill Rappers from Western Sydney
by Joshua Penney and Anita Szakay
Languages 2024, 9(3), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9030079 - 28 Feb 2024
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Abstract
Despite well-established Pasifika communities in Australia, there has been no examination of the English spoken by members of these communities in the sociolinguistic literature. Yet, research shows that Pasifika English may exhibit key differences from local ‘mainstream’ varieties. In this paper, we present [...] Read more.
Despite well-established Pasifika communities in Australia, there has been no examination of the English spoken by members of these communities in the sociolinguistic literature. Yet, research shows that Pasifika English may exhibit key differences from local ‘mainstream’ varieties. In this paper, we present a case study of members of a drill rap group with Pasifika heritage to examine whether Pasifika English features are evident in their speech. We first analyze their monophthong productions and compare these to those of mainstream Australian English speakers. We also analyze their dental fricative realizations to examine whether there is evidence of th-stopping and dh-stopping, commonly described as markers of Pasifika English. Finally, we investigate whether their speech is more syllable-timed than mainstream Australian English. The results show that these speakers produce monophthongs generally consistent with mainstream Australian English vowels, despite some small differences. We also show consistent th-fronting and dh-stopping in their speech, which serves as a marker of their Pasifika heritage. We find a tendency towards more syllable-timed speech; however, this occurs to a lesser extent than has been reported for other Pasifika varieties of English. The results suggest that these speakers index their Pasifika identities by employing indicators/markers of Pasifika English that diverge from mainstream Australian English. Full article
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