Language in Australia

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511620881

Language in Australia provides a wide-ranging account of the present linguistic situation in Australia, primarily from a sociolinguistic perspective. The focus is mainly descriptive, and the chapters aim to provide a comprehensive overview and summary of what is known about Australia's languages as well as a guide to current areas of research interest. Throughout the volume, the contributors pay special attention to issues arising from the socio-historical situation in which Australia's languages and language varieties coexist. The volume covers both indigenous and non-indigenous languages, and contains a section specifically on 'community' languages, and also one on public policy and social issues relating to English. No other book offers such a broad survey of the language situation in Australia. Linguists as well as non-linguists will find in this volume, which is a companion to Language in the USA and Language in the British Isles, a guide and reference source to the rich linguistic heritage of Australia.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of illustrations
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List of tables
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Notes on contributors
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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Part I - Aboriginal and Islander Languages
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1 - Overview of indigenous languages of Australia
pp 27-48
- By Michael Walsh
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2 - Language in Aboriginal Australia: social dialects in a geographic idiom
pp 49-66
- By Peter Sutton
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3 - Aboriginal English – an overview
pp 67-83
- By Ian G. Malcolm, Susan Kaldor
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4 - Communicative strategies in Aboriginal English
pp 84-93
- By Diana Eades
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5 - Language and communication in Aboriginal land claim hearings
pp 94-103
- By Harold Koch
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6 - Warlpiri in the 80s: an overview of research into language variation and child language
pp 104-117
- By Edith L. Bavin, Tim Shopen
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7 - A sketch of Kalaw Kawaw Ya
pp 118-142
- By Kevin Ford, Dana Ober
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8 - Understanding language shift: a step towards language maintenance
pp 143-156
- By Patrick McConvell
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Part II - Pidgins and creoles
pp 157-158
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9 - Overview of the pidgin and creole languages of Australia
pp 159-173
- By Peter Mühlhäusler
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10 - Queensland Kanaka English
pp 174-179
- By Peter Mühlhäusler
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11 - Torres Strait creole
pp 180-194
- By Anna Shnukal
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12 - Kriol — the creation of a new language
pp 195-203
- By John W. Harris
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13 - A sketch of the structure of Kriol
pp 204-212
- By John Sandefur
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Part III - Transplanted languages other than English
pp 213-214
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14 - Overview of ‘immigrant’ or community languages
pp 215-227
- By Michael Clyne
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16 - German and Dutch in Australia: structures and use
pp 241-248
- By Michael Clyne
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17 - Modern Greek in Australia
pp 249-262
- By Anastasios Tamis
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18 - Language variety among Italians: anglicisation, attrition and attitudes
pp 263-269
- By Camilla Bettoni
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19 - First generation Serbo-Croatian speakers in Queensland: language maintenance and language shift
pp 270-284
- By Jacques Doucet
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