This title explores the English language in Australia, focusing on aspects such as structure, phonology, morphology and lexicon, to variation from Torres Strait English and Aboriginal to ethnic varieties and regional variations.

1. Introduction; 2. Language and identity in Australia (by Collins, Peter); 3. Section A: English in Australia: structure; 4. Phonology; 5. Vowel change: synchronic and diachronic evidence (by Cox, Felicity); 6. Variation and change in Australian consonants: reduction of /t/ (by Tollfree, Laura); 7. The vocalisation of dark l in Australian English (by Borowsky, Toni); 8. Morphology; 9. Hypocoristics of place-names (by Simpson, Jane); 10. Syntax; 11. Syntactic features and norms in Australian English (by Newbrook, Mark); 12. Lexicon; 13. Australian English and indigenous voices (by Moore, Bruce); 14. Australian English - an identity crisis (by Butler, Susan); 15. Corpus evidence on Australian style and usage (by Peters, Pam); 16. Section B: English in Australia: variation; 17. Torres Strait and Aboriginal; 18. Torres Strait English (by Shnukal, Anna); 19. Aboriginal English: adopted code of a surviving culture (by Malcolm, Ian G.); 20. Ethnic varieties; 21. Ethnic varieties of Australian English (by Clyne, Michael); 22. Australian English and recent migrant groups (by Kiesling, Scott F.); 23. Diachronic and generational variation; 24. The acquisition of colloquialisms by non-native speakers (by Curtain, Jane); 25. Changing attitudes to Australian English (by Bradley, David); 26. A.G. Mitchell and the development of Australian pronunciation (by Yallop, Colin); 27. Lexicography and national identity: the Australian experience (by Delbridge, Arthur); 28. Australian English in interaction with other Englishes (by Taylor, Brian); 29. Regional variation; 30. Short A in Australian English: a geolinguistic study (by Horvath, Barbara M.); 31. Index