Contents Introduction

2.2 Key features of the Australian variant
2.2.1 Phonetic features of Australian English
Most linguists divide Australian English into three groups according to its phonological features: "Culturized" (a cultural dialect spoken by about 10% of the country's population, which is still strongly influenced by normative pronunciation - RP), "Common" (common dialect , spoken by the majority of the population) and Broad (a 'broad' dialect of the uneducated population with significant deviations from standard English in phonetics, vocabulary and grammar). These pronunciation variations do not have specific geographical localization, they do not have clearly defined cultural restrictions between the population strata, all variations of this pronunciation can be observed in one city or even in one family. This distinction was first introduced by Mitchell and Delbridge (Mitchell and Delbridge, 1965). Often, but not always, these dialects reflect the social class or educational level of the speaker.
2.2.2 Main grammatical features of Australian English
In this part, we will talk about the grammatical features of Australian English. Differences appeared in the system of nominal forms related to the number category. For example, in the English version, the word "data" - "data, data" has both plural and singular ("datum"). In Australia, "data" is only used in the plural, but with a singular verb: "The data is ready for processing."
There were also differences in the use of the verbs Shall - will, should - would, that is: "shall" remains in use only in command and interrogative forms: Shall we go? You do it!
2.2.3 Main lexical features of Australian English
The speech of AuE speakers is very diverse, which is not surprising given the diversity of existing dialects that we have previously been superficially familiar with. It is full of idiomatic expressions and slang. Australian slang has four main sources: aboriginal languages, native languages of white settlers (the ethnolects we wrote about above), the impact of mixing languages as a result of population migration, and the development of slangs. AuE is correct. It is often difficult to determine whether a particular "Australianism" is a generic word or slang. Most of them are the lexical norm for the Australian variant, although they are derived from slang or shame of the social elements that shape Australian society.