The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages: Past, Present and Future

The book looks at Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and explores the changing habitat of languages from pre-colonial times to the present. The contributions treat the languages from a structural and functional linguistic perspective, move on to the issue of cultural maintenance and then turn to language policy, planning and the educational and legal dimensions.

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The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages: Past, Present and Future

The book looks at Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and explores the changing habitat of languages from pre-colonial times to the present. The contributions treat the languages from a structural and functional linguistic perspective, move on to the issue of cultural maintenance and then turn to language policy, planning and the educational and legal dimensions.

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The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages: Past, Present and Future

The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages: Past, Present and Future

The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages: Past, Present and Future

The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages: Past, Present and Future

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Overview

The book looks at Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and explores the changing habitat of languages from pre-colonial times to the present. The contributions treat the languages from a structural and functional linguistic perspective, move on to the issue of cultural maintenance and then turn to language policy, planning and the educational and legal dimensions.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783110197846
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Publication date: 01/01/2007
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 389
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Gerhard Leitner, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany; Ian G. Malcolm, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.

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