Contents Introduction Chapter I. The problem of having different variants of the English language 1.1 Increasing influence of the English language in the world
1.2 Regional varieties of English
1.2.1 American English
1.2.2 Canadian, Australian and Indian English
1.2.3 Scottish and Irish English
Chapter II. Australian English 2.1 Breakdown of Australian English
2.2 Key Features of the Australian Option
2.2.1 Phonetic features of Australian English
2.2.2 Main grammatical features of Australian English
2.2.3 Main lexical features of Australian English
Conclusion List of references Enter Relevance of the course work: since the 60s of the XX century. the spread of English is very widespread. Some countries initially used it as a means of inter-ethnic communication, and then the language gradually changed and became the native language of the population. Thus, the British version of English became the basis for American, and then Australian and South African languages. in the 20th century. Nigerian, Indian, Singaporean varieties and developed many new varieties of English (New Englishes).
Australian English appeared recently with the beginning of the colonization of the Australian continent by the British in the 18th century: after the penal colony of New South Wales (a state in the eastern part of Australia) was established there in 1788.
The purpose of the course work: To shed light on the problem of the existence of different variants of the English language, to consider their main features;
Review, study and describe the regional version of English in Australia, taking into account sociolinguistic and extralinguistic factors;
Show the characteristics of the Australian version of English;
In accordance with the established goals, the main tasks of the work are as follows:
To determine the necessary conditions for the emergence of language variants;
Description of the main features of English language options
Analysis and Description of Australian English;
Identifying the basic conditions for the creation of modern Australian English.