Australia: Language and Identity Culture and Society of the English- speaking (més)

Australia: Language and Identity Culture and Society of the English- speaking Countries. Diana Coso Molina (menys)

LOCATION: It is located in the Southern hemisphere between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. SIZE: (més)

LOCATION: It is located in the Southern hemisphere between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. SIZE: Eight million square km, of which almost three million are desert or semi-desert. POPULATION: 18 million persons. Australia is the flattest, driest and most isolated continent on the planet. NATIONAL CAPITAL: Camberra. Australia, “Terra Incognita” (menys)

English is the National Language of Australia. “ (...) spoken by native-born Australians, and by (més)

English is the National Language of Australia. “ (...) spoken by native-born Australians, and by other inhabitants of Australia whose speech and idiom in English has converged on the dialect sufficiently to be identified with it.” Definition of Australian English according toThe Macquaire Dictionary National Language (menys)

Australian English is different from the British, American or other Englishes. There are also (més)

Australian English is different from the British, American or other Englishes. There are also autochthonous languages in Australia; the surviving Aboriginal languages. There are at least 40 languages other than English and the Aboriginal ones. Some important facts about Australian languages (menys)

Linguistic difference between British English and the Australian variety: same words with (més)

Linguistic difference between British English and the Australian variety: same words with different meaning. Lexical elements incorporated from the Aboriginal languages Wombat Boomerang Humpy Australian English (menys)

Aboriginal LanguagesAt the verge of Extintion Between 250 or 300 Aboriginal languages were spoken (més)

Aboriginal LanguagesAt the verge of Extintion Between 250 or 300 Aboriginal languages were spoken before the European invasion. Only half of the number above are still spoken. Just 20 Aboriginal languages are taught to children across the country. Speakers of aboriginal languages are often bi-lingual or multilingual. Aboriginal languages are extremely complex both in grammar and vocabulary. (menys)

Half of the Aboriginal languages disappeared, the only survivors are now spoken in Northern (més)

Half of the Aboriginal languages disappeared, the only survivors are now spoken in Northern Australia Linguistic impoverishment and the extinction of the Cultural Heritage Degradation of the Cultural Heritage after British Invasion (menys)

Ballyn, S. & Barnes, J. (1998). Imagining Australia: A Handbook for European students. Barcelona: (més)

Ballyn, S. & Barnes, J. (1998). Imagining Australia: A Handbook for European students. Barcelona: Cooperative Universitària Sant Jordi. Bibliography (menys)

The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Life is a (més)

The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Further reading (menys)

The Middle Ages, 1154 - 1485 Social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, (més)

The Middle Ages, 1154 - 1485 Social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, climate change, rebellion, resistance and renaissance. CONTEXT (menys)

HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET Founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England, First (més)

HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET Founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England, First Plantagenet king. House of Lancaster House of York RIVALS HENRY II (menys)

HISTORY Henry IV : House of Lancaster (1399) Henry V mantained the family crown. Henry VI (més)

HISTORY Henry IV : House of Lancaster (1399) Henry V mantained the family crown. Henry VI inherit the trone. Richard, Duke of York, challenged the throne Alliance with the Queen Margaret (menys)

THE OUTCOME Henry Tudor defeated Richard III. Crowned as Henry VII, and married Elizabeth of (més)

THE OUTCOME Henry Tudor defeated Richard III. Crowned as Henry VII, and married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, to unite and reconcile the two houses (menys)

The House of Tudor subsequently ruled England and Wales for 117 years. THE EMBLEM OF THE (més)

The House of Tudor subsequently ruled England and Wales for 117 years. THE EMBLEM OF THE TUDORS FUSION OF BOTH ROSES (menys)