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Wigglesworth, Gillian and Jane Simpson. 2019. Language diversity in Indigenous Australia in the 21st century. Current Issues in Language Planning 20 (1) : 67–80.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
aboriginal | creole | dialect1 | education | historical explanation | language mixing | language variety | multilingualism
Language as a subject
Languages, Australian, Indigenous
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Journal WWW
www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper examines the language diversity (covering language-mixing, creoles, language varieties) in Indigenous Australia in the 21st century, exploring its historical underpinnings and evolution, its implications for education and engagement in the broader community, and how Aboriginal people are employing the novel varieties to forge group identities.