Searching for Aboriginal Languages

Searching for Aboriginal Languages

Author: R. M. W. Dixon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-02-17

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1108025048

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A fascinating account of fieldwork on endangered Aboriginal languages in the tropical rainforest of Queensland during the 1960s.


A World of Indigenous Languages

A World of Indigenous Languages

Author: Teresa L. McCarty

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2019-03-13

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1788923081

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Spanning Indigenous settings in Africa, the Americas, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, Central Asia and the Nordic countries, this book examines the multifaceted language reclamation work underway by Indigenous peoples throughout the world. Exploring political, historical, ideological, and pedagogical issues, the book foregrounds the decolonizing aims of contemporary Indigenous language movements inside and outside of schools. Many authors explore language reclamation in their own communities. Together, the authors call for expanded discourses on language planning and policy that embrace Indigenous ways of knowing and forefront grassroots language reclamation efforts as a force for Indigenous sovereignty, social justice, and self-determination. This volume will be of interest to scholars, educators and students in applied linguistics, Ethnic/Indigenous Studies, education, second language acquisition, and comparative-international education, and to a broader audience of language educators, revitalizers and policymakers.


The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages

The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages

Author: Michael Christie

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780992437329

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The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages project established an open access online repository comprising digital versions of the materials produced in Literature Production Centres for bilingual education programs in Australian Indigenous languages in the Northern Territory.


Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia

Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia

Author: Adam Kendon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 563

ISBN-13: 0521360080

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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.


The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages

The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages

Author: Gerhard Leitner

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9783110190793

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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, ..


Paper and Talk

Paper and Talk

Author:

Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0855752734

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An excellent introduction to the complicated issues of language reconstruction, this concise guide explores languages that are no longer spoken or those that are spoken by only a few people. Each contributor works through some of the complex issues vital to language workers in an accessible, easy-to-read style, and exercises throughout the book provide immediate ways to put the ideas into practice and experience the rewards and frustrations of this kind of language work.


Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth

Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth

Author: Gillian Wigglesworth

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1137601205

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This book explores the experiences of Indigenous children and young adults around the world as they navigate the formal education system and wider society. Profiling a range of different communities and sociolinguistic contexts, this book examines the language ecologies of their local communities, schools and wider society and the approaches taken by these communities to maintain children’s home languages. The authors examine such complex themes as curriculum, translanguaging, contact languages and language use as cultural practice. In doing so, this edited collection acts as a first step towards developing solutions which address the complexity of the issues facing these children and young people. It will appeal to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and community development, as well as language professionals including teachers, curriculum developers, language planners and educators.