Publisher: SIL Asutralian Aborigines Branch (Darwin) Publication date: 1982 ISBN: N.A. Number of pages: 94 A course in conversational Australian Kriol begins with a discussion of language learning and an outline of the course design. Thirty-five lessons follow, to be used with cassette recordings (not included). Each lesson, except the review lessons, has six sections: a...
Publisher: Australian Journal of Linguistics Publication date: 2005 Number of pages: 22 Bakker (2003: 129) claims that ‘mixed languages’ do not arise from code-switching. The language spoken most frequently by Gurindji people between the ages of 3 and about 45, termed ‘Gurindji Kriol’ here, is a counter-example to this generalization. This language is made up of elements of...
Publisher: SIL Australian Aborigines Branch Publication date: 1985 ISBN: N.A. Number of pages: 208 This monograph was first written as a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts from the Australian National University. It is published here after minor revision. Joyce Hudson brings to this monograph 13 years study of...
Publisher: University of Manchester Publication date: 2000 Number of pages: 26 Empirical evidence for the sociolinguistic origins of mixed languages has often proven elusive due to the paucity of historical material on the linguistic and political situation at the point of their genesis. Gurindji Kriol is a mixed language spoken by Gurindji people in northern Australia. The...
Publisher: Australian Journal of Linguistics Publication date: 2005 Number of pages: 26 In the Warlpiri community of Lajamanu, in the Northern Territory of Australia, children and young adults, less than about 30 years old, speak in a way which systematically combines elements of Warlpiri (a Pama-Nyungan language), Kriol (an English-based creole) and English, older adults call...
Publisher: SIL Asutralian Aborigines Branch (Darwin) Publication date: 1984 ISBN: N.A. Number of pages: 154 Three articles on the orthography of Australian Aboriginal Kriol include: "Aspects of Developing a Writing System with Particular Reference to the Revision of the Kriol Orthography"; "A Guide to the Kriol Writing System"; and "A Resource Guide to Kriol." In the first two...
Publisher: SIL Australian Aborigines Branch Publication date: 1986 Number of pages: 257 A study of North Australia's Kriol language situation identifies the language, its speakers, its functions, and the sociopolitical factors in its emergence as an autonomous language. The first chapter reviews the development of the linguistic field concerning pidgins and creoles, looking...
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company Edition: Bilingual edition Date: 2011 Pages: 332 ISBN10: 9027252610 ISBN13: 978-9027252616 Language: English Until recently, mixed languages were considered an oddity of contact linguistics, with debates about whether or not they actually existed stifling much descriptive work or discussion of their origins. These debates have...
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