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Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108017855
This ground-breaking 1980 study of over 200 Australian languages is still valuable, especially for its non-technical opening chapters.
Author : Suzanne Romaine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521339839
Linguists and non-linguists will find in this volume a guide and reference source to the rich linguistic heritage of Australia.
Author : Harold Koch,Rachel Nordlinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110279771
The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, their genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other contact varieties are also discussed.
Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781760871536
'A must read for all who would like to understand the languages and culture of Indigenous Australians.' Dr Ernie Grant, Elder of the Jirrbal nation When Captain Cook landed at Botany Bay, about 250 distinct languages were spoken across the continent. Yet Australian Indigenous languages actually share many common features. Bob Dixon has been working with elders to research Australian languages for half a century, and he draws on this deep experience to outline the common features. He provides a straightforward introduction to the sounds, word building, and wide-ranging vocabulary of Indigenous languages, and highlights distinctive grammatical features. He explains how language is related to culture, including kinship relationships, gender systems, and naming conventions. With examples from over 30 languages and anecdotes illustrating language use, and avoiding technical terms, Australia's Original Languages is the indispensable starting point for anyone interested in learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait languages. 'Written in an accessible, easy to read style, Professor Dixon's new book is an informative and entertaining introduction to Australia's "original" languages.' Dr Joe Blythe, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University
Author : Gerhard Leitner,Ian G. Malcolm
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197846
The languages of Aboriginal Australians have attracted a considerable amount of interest among scholars from such diverse fields as linguistics, political studies, archaeology or social history. As a result, there is a large number of studies on a variety of issues to do with Aboriginal Australian languages and the social contexts in which they are used. There is, however, no integrative reader that is easily accessible to the non-specialist in any of the areas concerned. The collection edited by Leitner and Malcolm fills this gap. Looking at Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and their changing habitats from pre-colonial times to the present, the book covers languages from a structural and functional linguistic perspective, moves on to the issue of cultural maintenance and then turns to language policy, planning and the educational and legal dimensions. Among the many themes discussed are: the social and linguistic history of language contact after 1788 (including the Macassans); the demographic base of indigenous languages; traditional indigenous languages; results of language contact such as the modification of traditional languages and the rise of contact languages (pidgins, creoles, esp. Kriol, Torres Strait Creole, and Aboriginal English); the impact of the Aboriginal languages on mainstream Australian English; maintenance, shift, revival and documentation of indigenous and contact languages; language planning; language in education; language in the media; language in the law courts. The contributors are leading experts in their fields. The book can serve as a reader for university courses but also as a state-of-the-art work and resource for specialists like applied linguists or educational planners.
Author : Harold Koch,Rachel Nordlinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110279771
The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, their genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other contact varieties are also discussed.
Author : S. A. Wurm
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110808292
No detailed description available for "Languages of Australia and Tasmania".
Author : Michael G. Clyne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0521397294
Without even considering the 150 Aboriginal languages still spoken, Australia has an unparalleled mix of languages other than English in common usage, languages often described by the term 'community'. Drawing on census data and other statistics, this book addresses the current suitation of community languages in Australia, analysing which are spoken, by whom, and whereabouts. It focuses on three main issues: how languages other than English are maintained in an English speaking environment, how the structure of the languages themselves changes over time, and how the government has responded to such ethnolinguistic diversity. At a time of unprecedented awareness of these languages within society and a realisation of the importance of mutlilingualism in business, this book makes a significant contribution to understanding the role of community languages in shaping the future of Australian society.
Author : Uldis Ozolins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521417945
This book traces language policy in Australia from World War II to the present, examining the changes in government policy over this time, and changes in major public institutions due to the presence of these languages. The major focus is on changes in the education and broadcasting systems, with attention also to interpreting/translating, industrial relations and the role of languages in diplomacy and trade. Dr. Ozolins places language in the context of multicultural politics and shows that government language policies that were once prompted by suspicion now accept and even encourage cultural and linguistic maintenance. In fact Australia has introduced many innovations of international significance in language policy, particularly with the National Language Policy, announced in 1987. This policy marked a decisive change in political assumptions toward languages in postwar Australia because it recognized the importance of languages other than English.
Author : Adam Kendon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521360081
This 1988 book was the first full-length study ever to be published on the subject of sign language as a means of communication among Australian Aborigines. Based on fieldwork conducted over a span of nine years, the volume presents a thorough analysis of the structure of sign languages and their relationship to spoken languages.
Author : Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Australia
ISBN : OCLC:909411504
Author : Stephen Adolphe Wurm
Publisher : Janua Linguarum. Series Critica
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UCAL:B4931135
Background; history of research; distinctive features of Australian languages; review of explanations of unusual features; phonologically aberrant languages; anomalies, review of past linguistic work including attempts at classification; lack of standardization of phonetic symbols; table of symbols used by various authors and by A.I.A.S.; A.I.A.S. recommendations; reasons for authors choice of spelling of language where this differs from A.I.A.S. recommendations; table of symbols used by Wurm; phonological features; general, regional; morphosyntactic features; general, regional; vocabulary, Common Australian, marginal vocabulary, regional vocabularies; classification of languages; general, early, typological, historical-comparative, lexicostatistical; the authors revised lexicostatistical classification; spelling of language names, criteria and presentation; The classification - twentyseven families; Tiwi, Iwaidjan, Kakadjuan, Mangerian, Gunavidjian, Nagaran, Gunwingguan, Bureran, Nunggubuyan, Andilyaugwan, Maran, Mangaraian, Ngewinan, Yanyulan, Karawan, Minkinan, Larakian, Kungarakanyan, Warraian, Daly, Murinbatan, Djamindjungan, Djeragan, Bunaban, Wororan, Nyulnyulan, Pama-Nyungan; classification illustrated by map; gives adapted version of Schebecks classification of Arnhem Land languages; external relationships of Aboriginal languages; linguistic prehistory evidence from; linguistics, prehistory, physical anthropology; general conclusions; map illustrating suggested origins and development of Australian languages; Tasmanian languages - relationship to mainland Aborigines; map of language areas, classification, morphological, typological features; comparison with Australian languages; bibliography.
Author : William B. McGregor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134396023
The Kimberley, the far north-west of Australia, is one of the most linguistically diverse regions of the continent. Some fifty-five Aboriginal languages belonging to five different families are spoken within its borders. Few of these languages are currently being passed on to children, most of whom speak Kriol (a new language that arose about half a century ago from an earlier Pidgin English) or Aboriginal English (a dialect of English) as their mother tongue and usual language of communication. This book describes the Aboriginal languages spoken today and in the recent past in this region.
Author : Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Australia
ISBN : OCLC:243915817
Author : John Hobson,Kevin Lowe,Susan Poetsch,Michael Walsh
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781743320990
The Indigenous languages of Australia have been undergoing a renaissance over recent decades. Many languages that had long ceased to be heard in public and consequently deemed 'dead' or 'extinct', have begun to emerge. Geographically and linguistically isolated, revitalisers of Indigenous Australian languages have often struggled to find guidance for their circumstances, unaware of the others walking a similar path. In this context Re-awakening Languages seeks to provide the first comprehensive snapshot of the actions and aspirations of Indigenous people and their supporters for the revitalisation of Australian languages in the 21st century. The contributions to this volume describe the satisfactions and tensions of this ongoing struggle. They also draw attention to the need for effective planning and strong advocacy at the highest political and administrative levels, if language revitalisation in Australia is to be successful and people's efforts are to have longevity.
