Loss and Renewal : Australian Languages Since Colonisation.

Australia is known for its linguistic diversity and extensive contact between languages. This edited volume is the first dedicated to language contact in Australia since colonisation, marking a new era of linguistic work, and contributing new data to theoretical discussions on contact languages and...

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Main Author: Meakins, Felicity
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston, UNKNOWN : De Gruyter Mouton, 2016
Series:Language contact and bilingualism ; 13.
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Summary:Australia is known for its linguistic diversity and extensive contact between languages. This edited volume is the first dedicated to language contact in Australia since colonisation, marking a new era of linguistic work, and contributing new data to theoretical discussions on contact languages and language contact processes. It provides explanations for contemporary contact processes in Australia and much-needed descriptions of contact languages, including pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, contact varieties of English, and restructured Indigenous languages. Analyses of complex and dynamic processes are informed by rich sociolinguistic description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (493)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1614518793
9781614518792
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.