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Aussie English is a variety of English spoken in Australia. It has its roots in British and Irish dialects, with influences from Aboriginal languages and other immigrant languages (Coupland, 2001). The lexis and pronunciation also show American influence as a result of substantial immigration during the gold rush era (Lippi-Green, 1997). Despite being influenced by multiple sources, Aussie English is readily distinguishable from other varieties due to its unique sound patterns, lexical choices and grammar usage.

Historical Factors:
Australian English evolved primarily through contact between settlers from England, Ireland and Scotland in the 18th century (Trudgill & Hannah, 2002). During the mid 19th century there was an influx of immigrants who spoke various dialects; this influx had an impact on regional variations within Australia (Watson et al., 2013), which are still discernible today. More recently there has been significant migration from non-English speaking countries; however most immigrants learn Aussie English as their second language rather than maintaining their mother tongue (D’Angiulli et al., 1999).

Lexical Features: While it shares many words with British/American varieties of English such as ‘bloke’ or ‘pram’ for instance; Aussie slang includes many borrowings derived from Aboriginal languages like ‘boomerang’ or ‘kookaburra'(Beal& Corrigan 1996) as well humorous neologisms such as ‘bizzo’ (meaning ‘business’). Abbreviations are also used frequently eg. Cuppa (‘cup of tea’), Bickies (‘biscuits’)etc.. These words can often prove difficult to understand for non-native speakers.

Phonological Features: One notable feature is the use of intrusive /r/ which occurs when two words starting with vowels are placed side by side e.g ‘idea about it’ becomes “idea rabout it” , while ‘Asia Pacific region’ becomes “Asia rPacific Region” . Other features include vowel shifting where certain phonemes undergo a change e. g . /æ/ > [ɐ] , for example in banana(ʌ) , manna(æ), panda(ɛ ) etc.. Aspiration on voiceless stops may also be absent at times especially after unstressed syllables.(Meyerhoff2006 ).

Morphosyntactic Features: The most common morphosyntax feature is omission of negation particles like not or no ; instead they might use intonation tone to convey that meaning as in ‘You comin?’or just leave out verb inflections when forming questions i.e declarative sentences may be used without any changes e.g “You want something”. This usually applies only to informal settings though so one must take care when using such constructions outside informal contexts.(Fritz2004).

In conclusion , Aussies have developed their own distinct way of speaking over centuries due to both internal factors including contact between different migrant groups etc., and external factors such as loanswords taken form aboriginal languages or even American terms brought over by gold migrants etc.(Rampton1995) Although these features do not guarantee fluency they certainly indicate that someone speaks Australian English since they cannot be found elsewhere!