A Corpus-Based Study of Australian English of the 20th Century

Cherniak V. A Corpus-Based Study of Australian English of the 20th Century : master’s thesis : 035 Philology / supervised Karaban Anna. Kyiv, 2023. 119 p.

The research topicality lies in the fact that it elucidates the development of Australian English during a period that played a pivotal role in shaping national identity.
The object of this paper is 20th-century Australian English. The subject of the research is distinct grammatical and lexical features that set the Australian variety apart from other varieties.
The materials for this paper are taken from the Australian English corpora. To investigate the language patterns in the earlier decades, the Australian Brown corpus is utilized, providing valuable insights into speech characteristics during the first half and middle of the 20th century. For the latter part of the century, the Australian subdivision of the International Corpus of English serves as the data source.