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Publication details [#33222]
Siegel, Jeff, Tim McNamara, J. Eades, H. Fraser and B. Baker. 2003. Linguistic identification in the determination of nationality: A preliminary report. Language Policy 2 (2) : 179–199. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Kluwer
ISBN
1568-4555
Annotation
This paper argues that 'language analysis', as currently used by the Australian government in determining the nationality of refugee claimants, is based on folk views regarding the relationship between language and nationality and ethnicity, rather than on sound linguistic principles.