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This study investigates overall grammatical developments of written Australian English (AusE) across the twentieth century. Adopting an aggregate approach to language variation and change, it examines the distribution of a range of grammatical features which have previously been shown to be sensitive to variation over time. Multi-generic data were drawn from "AusBrown," a set of balanced diachronic corpora following the design of the Brown family of corpora. Multivariate techniques such as hierarchical cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling were employed to outline the developmental path of AusE in relation to those of British and American English in order to shed light on the possible emergence of regional patterns. The results suggest that the period from the 1960s to the 1990s was one critical for the evolution of written AusE, preceded by a period of relative stagnation and followed by one characterized by a coalescence of the three varieties. Such a developmental path is largely compatible with significant sociohistorical trends that have shaped the language attitudes of Australians, including strong connections with its British legacy in the first few decades, political independence and rapid social progress in the mid-twentieth century, and accelerated globalization as a result of major technological advances towards the end of the century. Additionally, the findings reveal the dominance of features contributing to colloquialization and densification in the texts examined.

The city of Cincinnati has been the location of much racial unrest that has recently garnered U.S. national attention. Rated as one of Ohio's most livable cities, "The Queen City" of Ohio erupted in racial protest and anger following the killing of unarmed Timothy Thomas, an African American man, by a European American city police officer. This police killing represented the 15th reported death of African American men by Cincinnati's police officers in the past 5 years. Bearing in mind the contemporary racial situation of Cincinnati, Ohio, this article uses a conceptual/theoretical construct of historical archeology to focus on the political and power-laden historically situated aspects of the city's race relations, particularly in the field of education.

Anstrengungen Nordkoreas zur Wirtschaftsöffnung mit Veränderungen in den traditionellen Handelsbeziehungen und Aussichten im Zusammenhang mit Wiedervereinigungssabsichten mit Südkorea

New Zealand fur seals,
Arctocephalus forsteri, have been increasing in
abundance in South Australia for at least the past three decades. A survey of
New Zealand fur seals during the 1989/90 breeding season determined that
about 20% of the Australian population bred at 16 sites in Western
Australia, amounting to 1429 pups and an absolute abundance estimate of 7100
fur seals. A further survey of all fur seal colonies in Western Australia to
determine current pup production and abundance estimates, and trends in pup
production since the previous survey was undertaken in January 1999.
Of the 17 breeding sites now known in Western Australia, 16 were surveyed and
pup production had increased at all but one. The rate of change in pup
production at the one unsurveyed site (West Island), was estimated as being
equivalent to the mean rate of change at other sites. The estimated mean
annual, exponential rate of increase (r) for all sites
was 0.09, equivalent to a 9.8% annual increase in pup production and an
overall increase in pup production in Western Australia of 113.3%
between surveys. Total annual pup production has increased to 3090. The
estimate of absolute abundance of New Zealand fur seals in Western Australia
is now 15 100, in contrast to the 7100 estimated for the 1989/90 season.
Mortality of pups at the time of the survey was estimated to be at least
1.3%.
It is predicted that New Zealand fur seal populations will continue to
increase in Western Australia. This is likely to have important management
implications regarding aquaculture and fisheries activities. The increase in
fur seal populations appears to be in contrast to populations of Australian
sea lions, Neophoca cinerea, for which preliminary data
show no evidence for a population increase. It is unknown whether the dynamics
affecting these two species are related.