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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.

Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it

by Howard Manns
Shrill, bossy, emotional: Why language matters in the gender debate post image
Politics and society

Shrill, bossy, emotional: Why language matters in the gender debate

by Kate Burridge
From 'arse-ropes' to 'flying venom': A history of how we've come to talk about viruses and medicine post image
Politics and society

From 'arse-ropes' to 'flying venom': A history of how we've come to talk about viruses and medicine

by Howard Manns
What's in a name? Well, quite a bit if your name is Karen (or Jack, John, Jeff, Dolly, Biddy, Meg ...) post image
The history and evolution of Australian slang

What's in a name? Well, quite a bit if your name is Karen (or Jack, John, Jeff, Dolly, Biddy, Meg ...)

by Howard Manns
'Iso', 'boomer remover', and 'quarantini': How coronavirus is changing our language post image
Coronavirus

'Iso', 'boomer remover', and 'quarantini': How coronavirus is changing our language

by Kate Burridge
Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language post image
Politics and society

Why would anyone shiver their timbers? Here’s how pirate words arrr preserving old language

by Kate Burridge
Those awfully terrific words we use to embellish language post image
Politics and society

Those awfully terrific words we use to embellish language

by Kate Burridge
Insults, offence and words that wound: why language needs to be handled with care post image
Politics and society

Insults, offence and words that wound: why language needs to be handled with care

by Howard Manns
Oi! We're not lazy yarners, so let’s kill the cringe and love our Aussie accent(s) post image
Politics and society

Oi! We're not lazy yarners, so let’s kill the cringe and love our Aussie accent(s)

by Howard Manns
Barracking, sheilas and shouts: how the Irish influenced Australian English post image
Politics and society

Barracking, sheilas and shouts: how the Irish influenced Australian English

by Howard Manns
Naughties and pash rash: A (language) lover’s guide to Valentine’s Day post image
Politics and society

Naughties and pash rash: A (language) lover’s guide to Valentine’s Day

by Howard Manns
Get yer hand off it, mate, Australian slang isn't dying post image
Politics and society

Get yer hand off it, mate, Australian slang isn't dying

by Howard Manns
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