Linguocultural characteristics and specificity of the Australian version of the English language

Razumovskaya Elena Aleksandrovna, Kireeva Irina Anatolyevna

The relevance of this work is due to linguistic and cultural factors: the great interest of linguists in the variability of the English language, geopolitical interest in the dynamically developing Australia, consideration of the Australian version of the English language allows you to plunge into the Australian culture and social sphere of life of Australian civil society. The aim of the research is to summarize the linguocultural characteristics and study the specifics of the Australian version of the English language. The article was prepared on the basis of scientific and practical analysis of domestic and foreign literature on the research problem. The article discusses in detail the linguocultural characteristics and special features of the modern Australian version of the English language. The role of the use of the Australian version of the English language in the development of the country's linguistic culture and the comprehensive expansion of the lexical stock of the English language as a whole is analyzed. A brief excursion into the history of the emergence of the Australian version of the English language is carried out, its cultural and linguistic significance in the linguistic picture of English-speaking countries is indicated. The results of the research in the article allow us to say that the Australian version of the English language appeared as a result of the evolution of dialects spoken by the first inhabitants of Australia.

Keywords:linguocultural characteristics, specificity of the Australian version of the English language, Australian accent, even intonation, soft tone, evolution of dialects.