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Case study: Aboriginal Australian English in the media 2022
Below are several examples of Aboriginal Australian English from the media in 2022. Activity: For each example, discuss the social...
Jul 18, 2022

Case study: Indigenous Australian English in health communication
This article, published in July 2021, discusses how Aboriginal Australian English can be a useful tool in effective health communication....
Jul 17, 2022

Useful Resource: 'Evolve' Indigenous Cultural Awareness
The YouTube channel Evolve Indigenous Cultural Awareness creates educational videos about Indigenous culture, including some related to...
Jul 13, 2022

Case study: Audience, purpose and lexical choice
As students of English Language, we know that context greatly affects communication decisions. Linguistic choices will be influenced by...
Nov 19, 2021

Intro to ethnolects
These resources are a starting point for learning about different ethnolect varieties in Australian English. Students should not use...
Sep 23, 2021

Gogglebox and linguistic diversity in Australia
The following article discusses how the TV show 'Gogglebox' reflects linguistic diversity in Australian society. While the article is now...
Sep 16, 2021


Case study: 'Deadly' and 'mob' in Aboriginal English
Adjective 'deadly' and common noun 'mob' are both frequently used in Aboriginal Australian English and have become recognisable markers...
Sep 12, 2021

Case study: Adelaide footballer Cam Ellis-Yolmen and 'uncle'
In this tweet from August 2021, Adelaide footballer Cam Ellis-Yolmen congratulates fellow Indigenous player Eddie Betts on his 350th game...
Sep 12, 2021

Case study: 'Blak' - Australian Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe
Lidia Thorpe is a Senator for the Australian Greens political party, and is also an Aboriginal Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman. In this tweet...
Sep 12, 2021

Ethnolects - Samoan slang
This article discusses the use of Samoan slang by those both within and outside of the Samoan-Australian community. In particular, the...
Sep 11, 2021

Blak: Indigenous Australians, language, and identity
This article discusses the rise in the use of non-Standard orthography for the adjective 'blak' as a marker of identity among Indigenous...
Sep 11, 2021

Aboriginal Englishes
These articles discuss the cultural significance and provide examples of Aboriginal Australian English. Remember to differentiate...
Sep 11, 2021

Australian accents
The study design asks students to familiarise themselves with features of Broad, General and Cultivated accents in Australian English,...
Sep 11, 2021

Australian English vs American English
Sydney Morning Herald: Australian English isn't being taken over by Americanisms. But it is changing Useful quotes from the article: 'For...
Sep 11, 2021
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