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Howard Manns

Lecturer, Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

25 Posts

Core expertise

Australian Deaf-Blind community
Australian English
Indonesian youth
Intercultural competence

Biography

Howard works in the Linguistics Program, where he is the coordinator of the Master of Applied Linguistics. His primary research interest is language variation and change and the impact of this change on speakers and communities.

Australia’s 2025 election has given us a pair of F-grade slogans post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

Australia’s 2025 election has given us a pair of F-grade slogans

by Howard Manns
Is Australian English under threat from the Americans? It’s not as simple as you might think post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

Is Australian English under threat from the Americans? It’s not as simple as you might think

by Kate Burridge
How the US election turned ‘weird’ – and why it’s working for the Democrats post image
Politics and society

How the US election turned ‘weird’ – and why it’s working for the Democrats

by Kate Burridge
Voice referendum: “If you don’t know, vote no” – an old slogan for modern politics post image
Indigenous Australia

Voice referendum: “If you don’t know, vote no” – an old slogan for modern politics

by Howard Manns
How ‘witch-hunts’ and ‘Stockholm syndrome’ became part of political language (and what it has to do with wrestling) post image
Politics and society

How ‘witch-hunts’ and ‘Stockholm syndrome’ became part of political language (and what it has to do with wrestling)

by Howard Manns
From ‘technicolour yawn’ to ‘draining the dragon’: How Barry Humphries breathed life into Australian slang post image
Politics and society

From ‘technicolour yawn’ to ‘draining the dragon’: How Barry Humphries breathed life into Australian slang

by Howard Manns
Brekkies, barbies, mozzies: Why do Aussies shorten so many words? post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

Brekkies, barbies, mozzies: Why do Aussies shorten so many words?

by Kate Burridge
A fried potato by any other name would taste as savoury post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

A fried potato by any other name would taste as savoury

by Howard Manns
Best thing about Aussie slang? Calling a clueless seppo a galah post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

Best thing about Aussie slang? Calling a clueless seppo a galah

by Howard Manns
Taking a deep-dive into the Australian lexicon post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

Taking a deep-dive into the Australian lexicon

by Howard Manns
Orright you spunkrats, here’s where all our Aussie summertime language came from post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

Orright you spunkrats, here’s where all our Aussie summertime language came from

by Howard Manns
Kris Kringles and yuletide jingles: Unboxing the wonders of Christmas lingo post image
Politics and society

Kris Kringles and yuletide jingles: Unboxing the wonders of Christmas lingo

by Howard Manns
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