LEADER 04844nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910454178203321 005 20210531071824.0 010 $a1-282-19420-8 010 $a9786612194207 010 $a3-11-019784-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110197846 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689129 035 $a(EBL)325639 035 $a(OCoLC)290491015 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166738 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154564 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166738 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10161531 035 $a(PQKB)10192102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC325639 035 $a(DE-B1597)32256 035 $a(OCoLC)979969283 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110197846 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL325639 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10197204 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL219420 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689129 100 $a20061018d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe habitat of Australia's aboriginal languages$b[electronic resource] $epast, present and future /$fedited by Gerhard Leitner, Ian G. Malcolm 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 225 1 $aTrends in linguistics. Studies and monographs,$x1861-4302 ;$v179 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a3-11-019079-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tTable of contents --$tIntroduction --$tAn overview of Australian traditional languages --$tYolngu language habitat: Ecology, identity and law in an Aboriginal society --$tIndigenous languages: Transitions from the past to the present --$tLanguage maintenance, shift - and planning --$tLinguistic responses to contact: Pidgins and creoles --$tAboriginal English: Restructured variety for cultural maintenance --$tAboriginal language habitat and cultural continuity --$tThe Aboriginal contribution to Australia's language habitat --$tIssues and policies in school education --$tBridging the language gap in education --$tAboriginal English in the criminal justice system --$tAboriginal language habitat in research and tertiary education --$tTyikim/Blekbala perspectives on language --$tBackmatter 330 $aThe languages of Aboriginal Australians have attracted a considerable amount of interest among scholars from such diverse fields as linguistics, political studies, archaeology or social history. As a result, there is a large number of studies on a variety of issues to do with Aboriginal Australian languages and the social contexts in which they are used. There is, however, no integrative reader that is easily accessible to the non-specialist in any of the areas concerned. The collection edited by Leitner and Malcolm fills this gap. Looking at Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and their changing habitats from pre-colonial times to the present, the book covers languages from a structural and functional linguistic perspective, moves on to the issue of cultural maintenance and then turns to language policy, planning and the educational and legal dimensions. Among the many themes discussed are: the social and linguistic history of language contact after 1788 (including the Macassans); the demographic base of indigenous languages; traditional indigenous languages; results of language contact such as the modification of traditional languages and the rise of contact languages (pidgins, creoles, esp. Kriol, Torres Strait Creole, and Aboriginal English); the impact of the Aboriginal languages on mainstream Australian English; maintenance, shift, revival and documentation of indigenous and contact languages; language planning; language in education; language in the media; language in the law courts. The contributors are leading experts in their fields. The book can serve as a reader for university courses but also as a state-of-the-art work and resource for specialists like applied linguists or educational planners. 410 0$aTrends in linguistics.$pStudies and monographs ;$v179. 606 $aAustralian languages$xHistory 606 $aPidgin English$zAustralia 606 $aAboriginal Australians$xEducation 606 $aLanguages in contact$zAustralia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAustralian languages$xHistory. 615 0$aPidgin English 615 0$aAboriginal Australians$xEducation. 615 0$aLanguages in contact 676 $a499/.15 701 $aLeitner$b Gerhard$0261972 701 $aMalcolm$b Ian G$01043130 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bNTSM 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454178203321 996 $aThe habitat of Australia's aboriginal languages$92467878 997 $aUNINA