Acquisition of Australian English vocabulary via newspapers

Australian English may not have received much research interest or attention compared to standard British English or standard American English which are considered reference varieties. Geographically the ASEAN region is closer to Australia and the country is increasingly popular with students fro ov...

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Main Author: Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/33090/2/33090_ICVLC_2013.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33090/5/33090_haja.pdf
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description Australian English may not have received much research interest or attention compared to standard British English or standard American English which are considered reference varieties. Geographically the ASEAN region is closer to Australia and the country is increasingly popular with students fro overseas due to multiculturalism, world class educational institutions and its proximity to countries in Southeast Asia. It is the nearest developed country where English is used as the primary language. This paper focuses on Australian English vocabulary. The data was collected from three newspapers during a week long period.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:330902016-03-11T02:59:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33090/ Acquisition of Australian English vocabulary via newspapers Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen PE English Australian English may not have received much research interest or attention compared to standard British English or standard American English which are considered reference varieties. Geographically the ASEAN region is closer to Australia and the country is increasingly popular with students fro overseas due to multiculturalism, world class educational institutions and its proximity to countries in Southeast Asia. It is the nearest developed country where English is used as the primary language. This paper focuses on Australian English vocabulary. The data was collected from three newspapers during a week long period. 2013 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33090/2/33090_ICVLC_2013.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33090/5/33090_haja.pdf Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen (2013) Acquisition of Australian English vocabulary via newspapers. In: International Conference on Vitality of Language and Culture, 5-6 June, 2013, Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen
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title Acquisition of Australian English vocabulary via newspapers
title_full Acquisition of Australian English vocabulary via newspapers
title_fullStr Acquisition of Australian English vocabulary via newspapers
title_full_unstemmed Acquisition of Australian English vocabulary via newspapers
title_short Acquisition of Australian English vocabulary via newspapers
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/33090/2/33090_ICVLC_2013.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33090/5/33090_haja.pdf
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