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English on Croker Island
The Synchronic and Diachronic Dynamics of Contact and Variation
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Robert Mailhammer
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2021
About this book
Existing accounts of Australian Aboriginal English do not investigate the significant degree of variation found across the continent. This book presents the first description of English spoken on Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia, in terms of its history, linguistic features and connections to local Aboriginal languages. It demonstrates that English on Croker Island shows an extremely high degree of intra- and inter-speaker variation and embedding in a longstanding multilingual contact situation, both of which challenge existing models of variation and language contact. These results have significant ramifications for how variation is modelled, for our understanding of how postcolonial Englishes develop, as well as for the dynamics of complex contact situations. The book also puts English on Croker Island into a typological context of World Englishes by establishing a profile according to the parameters of the World Atlas of Varieties of English (WAVE). It is of interest to academics interested in Australian Aboriginal English, language contact, World Englishes and Australian Aboriginal languages.
Author / Editor information
Robert Mailhammer, Sydney, Australia.
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
February 8, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9783110707854
Hardcover published on:
February 8, 2021
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110707755
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
11
Main content:
253
Illustrations:
12
Coloured Illustrations:
6
Maps:
7
Coloured Maps:
1
Tables:
33
Keywords for this book
Australian Aboriginal English; Language Contact; World Englishes; Australian Languages
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars interested in Australian Aboriginal English, Language Contact, World Englishes.
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