Diversity Accents Feature

Australia has had a largely uniform accent up to now – SBS

Australia has had a largely uniform accent up to now – SBS Source: SBS

You can travel the breadth of Australia and find very little variation in the regional English-Australian accent. Now, researchers are looking closely at what variations do exist.


Are their some styles of the Australian accent that are more prestigious than others? Why is there little regional variation in the Australian accent? Is this beginning to change?

 


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