澳大利亚民族身份塑造澳大利亚英语——评Speaking our Language： The Story of Australian English

摘要

本文通过评述《讲出我们的语言：澳大利亚英语发展史》，揭示了澳大利亚英语萌芽及成熟的过程是澳大利亚民族身份认同的过程。尽管澳大利亚英语在语音、词汇、语法、语用层面都有着与其它英语变体不同的特点，澳大利亚口音实现了澳大利亚英语的社会功能，成为澳大利亚文化的标识。本文梳理200多年来澳大利亚主要历史事件与澳大利亚英语发展的动态关系，对解读澳大利亚文学史、翻译澳大利亚文学作品有着重要的诠释作用。%Based on Speaking Our Language： the Story of Australian English, this article reveals the sprouting and ripening of Australian English following the growth of the Australian national identity. Although Australian English distinguishes itself from other varieties of English at the levels of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and pragmatics, it is the Australian accent, with its social function, that has become the icon of its culture. This article also sorts out the dynamic relationship between Australian historical events of the past 200 years and the subsequent development of Australian English, which has implications for understanding Australian literature and translating Australian works of literature into Chinese.