AusBrown: A new diachronic corpus of Australian English

Peter Collins; Xinyue Yao

doi:10.2478/icame-2019-0001

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AusBrown: A new diachronic corpus of Australian English

ICAME Journal

Volume 43 (2019): Issue 1 (March 2019)

By: Peter Collins and Xinyue Yao

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|Apr 2019

Abstract

This paper presents a newly-compiled diachronic corpus of Australian English (AusBrown). With four sampling time points (1931, 1961, 1991 and 2006), Aus-Brown is designed to match the current suite of British and American ‘Brown-family’ corpora in both sampling year and design. We provide details of the composition and compilation of AusBrown, and explore the broader context of its ‘Brown-family background’ and of complementary Australian corpora. We also overview research based on the Australian corpora presented, including several AusBrown-based papers.

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