http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/speaking_our_language_the_story_of_australian_english/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/speaking_our_language_the_story_of_australian_english/#When:05:10:45Z Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English was launched at ANU on 9 October 2008. The book is the first of its kind to trace the development of the Australian accent and the Australian vocabulary of Australian English, and to link these to the major movements in Australian history and culture. Written by the Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre at ANU, Dr Bruce Moore, the book covers the birth and evolution of the ‘Aussie’ accent, as well as the development of the vocabulary of Australian English. Oxford University Press (OUP) head Dr Henry Reece also used the occasion to announce that OUP was gifting a free online version of the Australian National Dictionary to Australia to mark the publisher's centenary in this country. The Australian National Dictionary is a partnership between OUP and ANU. Public Lecture, Language & Linguistics, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-10-14T05:10:45+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/speechmaking/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/speechmaking/#When:03:18:01Z Allan Martin's two principal subjects as a historian, Sir Henry Parkes and Sir Robert Menzies, were both great orators. Among questions asked in this lecture (the Allan Martin Memorial Lecture for 2007) are the following: When can a speech be said to have affected history? What has become of that once popular institution the public meeting and that once popular form the sermon? What is the future for speechmaking in an age of speechwriters, doorstop interviews, sound grabs, power points and the internet? Allan Martin (1926–2002) was an intellectual, institutional, and social pioneer whose career as a historian spanned the second half of the 20th century. When most Australians went to England for their postgraduate work, he chose ANU, where he was the first doctoral student in History in the Research School of Social Sciences. He accepted the Foundation chair in History at LaTrobe University in 1966 and returned to RSSS as a senior fellow in 1973. Ken Inglis enjoyed Allan's friendship for more than 40 years. They were long-time colleagues in the history department of the ANU's RSSS, and worked closely together on the 10-volume bicentennial project initiated in the department, Australians. A Historical Library . Public Lecture, Creative Arts, History & Archeology, Journalism, Language & Linguistics, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-05-24T03:18:01+10:00