Aboriginal ways of using English / / Diana Eades

• Autore: Eades Diana <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Canberra, Australia : , : Aboriginal Studies Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Disciplina: 400
• Soggetto topico: Aboriginal Australians - Criminal justice system; Aboriginal Australians - Languages; Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs; Aboriginal Australians; Applied linguistics; English language - Dialects - Australia; English language - Social aspects - Australia; English language - Study and teaching; English language - Variation - Australia; Language and culture - Australia; Law - Australia - Language; Sociolinguistics - Australia; Sociolinguistics; Language - English - Aboriginal English; Law - Legal system - Courts
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Aboriginal Ways of Using English; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; PART I:: Describing Aboriginal ways of using English; Chapter 2: 'You gotta know how to talk...': ethnography of information seeking in Southeast Queensland Aboriginal society; Chapter 3: Misunderstanding Aboriginal English: the role of sociocultural context; Chapter 4: They don't speak an Aboriginal language, or do they?; Chapter 5: Aboriginal English; PART II:: Focusing on the criminal justice process; Chapter 6: Language and the law: white Australia v Nancy ; Chapter 7: Aboriginal English in the criminal justice systemChapter 8: Aboriginal English on trial: the case for Stuart and Condren; Chapter 9: A case of mistaken assumptions; Chapter 10: Telling and retelling your story in court: questions, assumptions and intercultural implications; Chapter 11: The social consequences of language ideologies in courtroom cross-examination; Appendix: Transcription conventions; Glossary; Reference list; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This new collection by Professor Diana Eades addresses the way non-traditional language Aboriginal speakers of English use and speak English. To understand Aboriginal ways of speaking English leads to better understanding Aboriginal identity, a better engagement in intercultural communication, and learning about the complexities of how English is used by and with Aboriginal people in the legal process.
• Titolo autorizzato: Aboriginal ways of using English
• ISBN: 1-922059-27-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453298003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II