LIN2150

English around the world

(ART)

Proposed to be offered next in 2001

Mark Newbrook

8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis: /Native0 varieties of English, including Standard British, American and Australian English. Social and stylistic variation in Australian English. English in the media. English-based pidgins and creoles in Australia and the Pacific. Indigenisation of English in Asia and the Pacific as a combination of substratum (first language) influences, creativity and possible universals. The systematic nature of indigenised varieties of English.

Assessment: Written assignments (4000 words): 50% + 2 class tests (1 hour each): 40% + Tutorial participation: 10%