K Burridge
Biographic Data
| ID | 4370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Burridge |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Burridge |
| SIGNATURE | BURRIDGE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2349-5160 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Don’t worry, be a senior?” The metaphorical labelling of late-life depression in Australian news media
Since the late 1980s, there has been a reconceptualization of ageing, which is also reflected in how older adults are referred to. Research on Australian English indicates that while the label seniors activates positive associations of health and well-being, the characteristics related to the label the elderly are generally negative. The question is whether this difference in semantic stereotyping is also extended to how a heavily stigmatized and…
What is Australian slang? Is it really slang
Survival of the fittest” – the evolution of slanguage
From a bit of processed cheese to a bit of a car accident and a little bit of “oh really” — The journey of Australian English a bit (of)
Circumnavigating taboos: A functional and formal typology
This article elaborates on Wolfgang Schulze’s keynote speech of the same title at the 26th LIPP Symposium in Munich in 2019. It is based on the slides from his talk and various teaching materials, of which some figures have been translated from German to English before their inclusion in this article. While this article’s foundation rests on Schulze’s theories and research, we have done our best to build upon his work; direct quotes and key conce…
A Handbook of Varieties of English: A Multimedia Reference Tool. Volume 1: Phonology. Volume 2: Morphology and Syntax
The Handbook ‚Varieties of English‘ is by far the most thorough reference work on phonology and the first-ever comprehensive overview of the morphology and syntax of varieties of English in the world. Survey Articles The books feature descriptive survey articles that are authored by widely acclaimed specialists in the field and that cover all main national standard varieties, distinctive regional, ethnic, and social varieties, major contact varie…
Ian G. Malcolm. 2018. Australian Aboriginal English: Change and continuity in an adopted language
This article reviews Australian Aboriginal English: Change and continuity in an adopted language EUR 109.959781501503368
For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions. Replete with case studies and examples from Australia, New Zealand and around the world, this text offers a thorough introduction to core topics, including the structure and meaning of words, the systems that organise language, strategies for learning…
Pennsylvania Dutch: The Story of an American Language
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has identified language survival as a high priority. According to some estimates, the linguistic monopolies created by the expansion of English and other national languages will see more than half of the world's roughly seven thousand languages disappear this century—some predictions are as grim as 90 percent. And yet, Pennsylvania Dutch is alive and well, holding its own again…
Current Attitudes to Ageing as Reflected in the Names of Australian Aged Care Facilities
One of the most evolving areas of euphemisms in present-day society is ageing; our main hypothesis is that this process can be accurately studied through an analysis of the naming practices of aged care facilities. Accordingly, we examined the names of aged care facilities in the Melbourne region (Australia) from 2013 and compared this to the names used in 1987. We found that the 2013 sample showed a much greater degree of euphemistic usage as co…
Cos —A New Discourse Marker for Australian English
A number of studies of clausal linkage in Modern English have suggested the causal marker because/cos is showing a change in progress from prototypical subordinator to discourse marker (via the semantic bleaching of because and its phonological reduction to [kəz]). In this paper, I dispute the idea that paratactic because/cos is innovative. Drawing on various spoken language collections, including those from the Australian National Corpus (AusNC)…
It's Speaking Australian English We Are: Irish Features in Nineteenth Century Australia
A linguistic puzzle has always been the extent of the influence of Irish English on the shaping of postcolonial dialects such as Australian English (AusE). In order to investigate the presence/absence of 'Irishisms' in the formative years of AusE, this paper examines two sub-corpora of AusNC—COOEE (texts of Australia, New Zealand and Norfolk Island origin between 1788 and 1900) and, for comparison, the literary representations of Irish in several…
From preposition to purposive to infinitival marker: The Pennsylvania German fer…zu construction
The development from an allative preposition to a purposive marker to an infinitival marker is a common one cross-linguistically. In this paper, we look in some detail at this change in Pennsylvania German. We demonstrate that fer has completed this change in that it now occurs in a full range of complements. It has gone paired with a loss of the original infinitival marker zu . Functionally, the element has undergone a drastic change and given t…
Linguistic cleanliness is next to godliness: Taboo and purism
This paper explores popular perceptions of language, in particular linguistic prescription. It focuses not on formal acts of censorship such as might be carried out by a language academy, but on the attitudes and activities of ordinary people in, say, letters to newspapers or comments on radio. In these contexts, language users act as self-appointed censors and take it upon themselves to condemn those words and constructions that they feel do not…
A peculiar language’: Linguistic evidence for early Australian English
In his A Letter from Sydney of 1829, Edward Wakefield described the language he encountered in the new colony as “peculiar” (in other words, it was distinctive). This paper aims at contributing to our understanding of the linguistic processes that were going on at that time, particularly the survival techniques of those features that went on to thrive in the new variety. It will draw on evidence from nineteenth century New South Wales. While no r…
Synopsis: Phonetics and phonology of English spoken in the Pacifi c and Australasian region
Changes within Pennsylvania German Grammar as Enactments of Anabaptist World View
This chapter examines two recent developments in Pennsylvania German grammar that go against usual pathways of grammatical change and appear to be driven by the cultural and religious preoccupations of the speakers. For one, Pennsylvania German appears to offer a bona fide example of degrammaticalization, whereby a lexical verb wotte ‘to wish’ has re-evolved out of a grammaticalized modal verb. In addition, it shows the unusual development of a l…
Yeah-no He's a Good Kid: A Discourse Analysis of Yeah-no in Australian English
Yeah-no in Australian English is a relatively new marker which serves a number of functions, including discourse cohesion, the pragmatic functions of hedging and face-saving, and assent and dissent. Drawing on a corpus of approximately 30 hours of both informal conversation and interviews, we analyse the interaction between intonation and turntaking, and the use of yeah-no by topic, conversational genre, and age and gender of speaker. The results…
Degenerate cases of body parts in Middle Dutch
Political correctness: Euphemism with attitude
KATE BURRIDGE places PC usage within the long tradition of euphemistic expression
Evidence of grammaticalization in Pennsylvania German
Syntactic Change in Germanic: Aspects of language change in Germanic with particular reference to Middle Dutch
This study examines certain features of Dutch syntax between approximately 1300 and 1650. Of central importance are the overall developments in the word order patterning and the various changes they entail elsewhere in the grammar, such as in the negative construction. After an introductory chapter providing goals and background for the study, the quantitative analysis of the data is presented in Chapter 2. Considerable attention is paid to conte…
Topic‐prominence in middle Dutch
On the development of negation and related changes in middle dutch
1982). On the development of negation and related changes in middle dutch. Dutch Crossing: Vol. 6, No. 18, pp. 31-73
Yeah-no He's a Good Kid: A Discourse Analysis of Yeah-no in Australian English
Yeah-no in Australian English is a relatively new marker which serves a number of functions, including discourse cohesion, the pragmatic functions of hedging and face-saving, and assent and dissent. Drawing on a corpus of approximately 30 hours of both informal conversation and interviews, we analyse the interaction between intonation and turntaking, and the use of yeah-no by topic, conversational genre, and age and gender of speaker. The results…
It's Speaking Australian English We Are: Irish Features in Nineteenth Century Australia
A linguistic puzzle has always been the extent of the influence of Irish English on the shaping of postcolonial dialects such as Australian English (AusE). In order to investigate the presence/absence of 'Irishisms' in the formative years of AusE, this paper examines two sub-corpora of AusNC—COOEE (texts of Australia, New Zealand and Norfolk Island origin between 1788 and 1900) and, for comparison, the literary representations of Irish in several…
What is Australian slang? Is it really slang
From a bit of processed cheese to a bit of a car accident and a little bit of “oh really” — The journey of Australian English a bit (of)
On the development of negation and related changes in middle dutch
1982). On the development of negation and related changes in middle dutch. Dutch Crossing: Vol. 6, No. 18, pp. 31-73
Topic‐prominence in middle Dutch
Syntactic Change in Germanic: Aspects of language change in Germanic with particular reference to Middle Dutch
This study examines certain features of Dutch syntax between approximately 1300 and 1650. Of central importance are the overall developments in the word order patterning and the various changes they entail elsewhere in the grammar, such as in the negative construction. After an introductory chapter providing goals and background for the study, the quantitative analysis of the data is presented in Chapter 2. Considerable attention is paid to conte…
Evidence of grammaticalization in Pennsylvania German
Degenerate cases of body parts in Middle Dutch
Political correctness: Euphemism with attitude
KATE BURRIDGE places PC usage within the long tradition of euphemistic expression
Yeah-no He's a Good Kid: A Discourse Analysis of Yeah-no in Australian English
Yeah-no in Australian English is a relatively new marker which serves a number of functions, including discourse cohesion, the pragmatic functions of hedging and face-saving, and assent and dissent. Drawing on a corpus of approximately 30 hours of both informal conversation and interviews, we analyse the interaction between intonation and turntaking, and the use of yeah-no by topic, conversational genre, and age and gender of speaker. The results…
Changes within Pennsylvania German Grammar as Enactments of Anabaptist World View
This chapter examines two recent developments in Pennsylvania German grammar that go against usual pathways of grammatical change and appear to be driven by the cultural and religious preoccupations of the speakers. For one, Pennsylvania German appears to offer a bona fide example of degrammaticalization, whereby a lexical verb wotte ‘to wish’ has re-evolved out of a grammaticalized modal verb. In addition, it shows the unusual development of a l…
Synopsis: Phonetics and phonology of English spoken in the Pacifi c and Australasian region
Linguistic cleanliness is next to godliness: Taboo and purism
This paper explores popular perceptions of language, in particular linguistic prescription. It focuses not on formal acts of censorship such as might be carried out by a language academy, but on the attitudes and activities of ordinary people in, say, letters to newspapers or comments on radio. In these contexts, language users act as self-appointed censors and take it upon themselves to condemn those words and constructions that they feel do not…
A peculiar language’: Linguistic evidence for early Australian English
In his A Letter from Sydney of 1829, Edward Wakefield described the language he encountered in the new colony as “peculiar” (in other words, it was distinctive). This paper aims at contributing to our understanding of the linguistic processes that were going on at that time, particularly the survival techniques of those features that went on to thrive in the new variety. It will draw on evidence from nineteenth century New South Wales. While no r…
From preposition to purposive to infinitival marker: The Pennsylvania German fer…zu construction
The development from an allative preposition to a purposive marker to an infinitival marker is a common one cross-linguistically. In this paper, we look in some detail at this change in Pennsylvania German. We demonstrate that fer has completed this change in that it now occurs in a full range of complements. It has gone paired with a loss of the original infinitival marker zu . Functionally, the element has undergone a drastic change and given t…
Cos —A New Discourse Marker for Australian English
A number of studies of clausal linkage in Modern English have suggested the causal marker because/cos is showing a change in progress from prototypical subordinator to discourse marker (via the semantic bleaching of because and its phonological reduction to [kəz]). In this paper, I dispute the idea that paratactic because/cos is innovative. Drawing on various spoken language collections, including those from the Australian National Corpus (AusNC)…
It's Speaking Australian English We Are: Irish Features in Nineteenth Century Australia
A linguistic puzzle has always been the extent of the influence of Irish English on the shaping of postcolonial dialects such as Australian English (AusE). In order to investigate the presence/absence of 'Irishisms' in the formative years of AusE, this paper examines two sub-corpora of AusNC—COOEE (texts of Australia, New Zealand and Norfolk Island origin between 1788 and 1900) and, for comparison, the literary representations of Irish in several…
Current Attitudes to Ageing as Reflected in the Names of Australian Aged Care Facilities
One of the most evolving areas of euphemisms in present-day society is ageing; our main hypothesis is that this process can be accurately studied through an analysis of the naming practices of aged care facilities. Accordingly, we examined the names of aged care facilities in the Melbourne region (Australia) from 2013 and compared this to the names used in 1987. We found that the 2013 sample showed a much greater degree of euphemistic usage as co…
Pennsylvania Dutch: The Story of an American Language
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has identified language survival as a high priority. According to some estimates, the linguistic monopolies created by the expansion of English and other national languages will see more than half of the world's roughly seven thousand languages disappear this century—some predictions are as grim as 90 percent. And yet, Pennsylvania Dutch is alive and well, holding its own again…
For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics
For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions. Replete with case studies and examples from Australia, New Zealand and around the world, this text offers a thorough introduction to core topics, including the structure and meaning of words, the systems that organise language, strategies for learning…
A Handbook of Varieties of English: A Multimedia Reference Tool. Volume 1: Phonology. Volume 2: Morphology and Syntax
The Handbook ‚Varieties of English‘ is by far the most thorough reference work on phonology and the first-ever comprehensive overview of the morphology and syntax of varieties of English in the world. Survey Articles The books feature descriptive survey articles that are authored by widely acclaimed specialists in the field and that cover all main national standard varieties, distinctive regional, ethnic, and social varieties, major contact varie…
Ian G. Malcolm. 2018. Australian Aboriginal English: Change and continuity in an adopted language
This article reviews Australian Aboriginal English: Change and continuity in an adopted language EUR 109.959781501503368
Circumnavigating taboos: A functional and formal typology
This article elaborates on Wolfgang Schulze’s keynote speech of the same title at the 26th LIPP Symposium in Munich in 2019. It is based on the slides from his talk and various teaching materials, of which some figures have been translated from German to English before their inclusion in this article. While this article’s foundation rests on Schulze’s theories and research, we have done our best to build upon his work; direct quotes and key conce…
From a bit of processed cheese to a bit of a car accident and a little bit of “oh really” — The journey of Australian English a bit (of)
What is Australian slang? Is it really slang
Survival of the fittest” – the evolution of slanguage
Don’t worry, be a senior?” The metaphorical labelling of late-life depression in Australian news media
Since the late 1980s, there has been a reconceptualization of ageing, which is also reflected in how older adults are referred to. Research on Australian English indicates that while the label seniors activates positive associations of health and well-being, the characteristics related to the label the elderly are generally negative. The question is whether this difference in semantic stereotyping is also extended to how a heavily stigmatized and…
Linguistics (20 works) · Philosophy (19 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · History (10 works) · History (7 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (6 works)