Language in Australia
- Editor: Suzanne Romaine
- Date Published: June 2004
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521339834
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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.
Read more- The broadest survey to date of all the languages in Australia
- For linguists and non-linguists
- Provides a guide to current areas of research interest
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- Date Published: June 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521339834
- length: 436 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 29 mm
- weight: 0.63kg
- contains: 10 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction Suzanne Romaine
Part I. Aboriginal and Islander Languages:
1. Overview of Indigenous languages of Australia Michael Walsh
2. Languages in Aboriginal Australia: social dialects in a geographic idiom Peter Sutton
3. Aboriginal English - an overview Ian Malcolm and Susan Kaldor
4. Communicative strategies in Aboriginal English Diane Eades
5. Language and communication in Aboriginal land claim hearings Harold Koch
6. Warlipiri in the 80s: and overview of research into language variation and child language Edith Bavin and Tim Shopen
7. Kalaw Kawaw Ya Kevin Ford and Dana Ober
8. Understanding language shift: a step towards language maintenance Patrick McConvell
Part II. Pidgins and Creoles:
9. Overview of the pidgin and creole languages of Australia Peter Muhlhausler
10. Queensland Kanaka English Peter Muhlhausler
11. Torres Strait creole Anna Shnukal
12. Kriol - the creation of a new language John W. Harris
13. A sketch of the structure of Kriol John Sandefur
Part III. Translated Languages Other Than English:
14. Overview of 'immigrant' or community languages Michael Clyne
15. Dutch in Australia: perceptions of the attitudes towards transference and other language contact phenomena Anne Paulwels
16. German and Dutch in Australia: structures and use Michael Clyne
17. Modern Greek in Australia Anastasios Tamis
18. Language variety among Italians: anglicisation, attrition and attitudes Camilla Bettoni
19. First generation Serbo-Croatian speakers in Queensland: language maintenance and shift Jacques Doucet
Part IV. Varieties of Australian English:
20. A survey of regional usage in the lexicon of Australian English Pauline Bryant
21. Finding a place in Sydney: migrants and language change Barbara Horvath
22. Gender differences in Australian English Anne Pauwels
Part V. Public Policy and Social Issues:
23. National language policy and planning: migrant languages Uldis Ozolins
24. Social class differences in the lexicon David Corson
25. Plain English: some socio-linguistic revelations Robert Eagleson.
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