Leith McPherson

Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne

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Why doesn’t modern Australia have diverse regional accents?

Unlike other countries the modern Australian-English accent doesn’t have huge regional variations. So what are the factors that lead to the evolution of an accent?

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