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RESULTS: 46 ITEMS FOR CATEGORY Academic papers & notices

Barngarla [bjb] see all Barngarla
Revival Linguistics and the New Media: Talknology in the service of the Barngarla Language Reclamation
Source: Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Paul Monaghan
‘Revival Linguistics’, or ‘Revivalistics’ is proposed as a new branch of linguistics, and is pioneered by Ghil'ad Zuckermann and his team in the Linguistics department, University of Adelaide. In particular, the approach is being applied to the Barngala language, and this paper describes ‘talknological’ innovations such as the use of social media in language revival activities.
https://www.academia.edu/1971795/Revival_Linguistics_and_the_New_Media_Talknology_in_the_service_of_the_Barngarla_Language_Reclamation
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Darug [xdk] see all Darug
Reclamation process for Dharug in Sydney using song
Source: Richard Green
Richard Green, a Dharug community member and language teacher, has been instrumental in the reclamation of the Dharug language. In this paper, Richard describes his personal history and relationship to his language, his initiation of teaching it in schools, and about his teaching resources and methods.
http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/6924/1/RAL-chapter-15.pdf
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Dieri [dif] see all Dieri
Dieri - Archival Resources
Source: Mobile Language Team/University of Adelaide
Bibliogrpahy of online and other references and resources for Dieri.
http://www.mobilelanguageteam.com.au/languages/resources/dieri
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Gurindji [gue] see all Gurindji
Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project
Source: Patrick McConvell, Jane Simpson, Gillian Wigglesworth
Research following 5-10 children and their families in 3 communities from 2004-2007, to study the language input children receive in multilingual environments. Languages include Gurindji, Kriol, Walmajarri, Warlpiri and Warramungu. See also the second phase of the project which focuses on language issues when children enter the formal school system.
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/past-projects/acla1
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Language landscapes of children in remote Australia
Source: Jane Simpson
A research article on the dynamics of language change as evidenced by the languages spoken by and heard by children in four Aboriginal communities in WA and NT. Many Aboriginal children grow up in language landscapes that are undergoing rapid change - languages are declining but also changing, and new languages are being created.
www.paradisec.org.au/blog/documents/simpson-final-short-ilc07.pdf
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Jiwarli [mem] see all Jiwarli
Languages of the World: Jiwarli
Source: Peter K. Austin
An outline of Jiwarli's relationships to other languages and its formal linguistic characteristics.
http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/Austin5042.pdf
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The structure of Jiwarli
Source: Peter K. Austin
Slides from Peter’s LSA Summer Institute course on Jiwarli, covering its social and historical contexts, kinship, fieldwork, corpus, language typology, phonology, morphology and syntax.
www.slideshare.net/pkaustin/2015-07-lsachicago01
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Word order in a free word order language: the case of Jiwarli
Source: Peter K. Austin
Paper arguing that in Jiwarli and related languages, word order serves pragmatic purposes in organising discourse, while the morphological shapes of words signal grammatical functions and anaphoric relations.
http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/AustinHale.pdf
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Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay [kld] see all Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay
The Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi) Language, northern New South Wales: A Brief History of Research
Source: Peter K. Austin
An outline of the history of the research on the Gamilaraay language with a focus on some of the people who have contributed to its documentation from the 1830s to today.
http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/AustinGamil.pdf
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Linguists and language rebuilding: recent experience in two New South Wales languages
Source: John Giacon / LDC
A paper considering linguists’ roles, methods, and principles in language revival, largely based on John’s experience with Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay.
http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4616/giacon.pdf?sequence=3
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A Reference Grammar of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales
Source: Peter K. Austin
A downloadable academic grammar, complied from historical sources, with introduction to the people and language, and notes on the closely related Yuwaalaraay and Yuwaaliyaay languages. Published 1993.
https://www.academia.edu/2457676/A_Reference_Grammar_of_Gamilaraay_northern_New_South_Wales
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Kaurna [zku] see all Kaurna
Taking to the airwaves: a strategy for language revival
Source: Rob Amery
Rob
http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9280
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Kriol and pidgins [rop] see all Kriol and pidgins
Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project
Source: Patrick McConvell, Jane Simpson, Gillian Wigglesworth
Research following 5-10 children and their families in 3 communities from 2004-2007, to study the language input children receive in multilingual environments. Languages include Gurindji, Kriol, Walmajarri, Warlpiri and Warramungu. See also the second phase of the project which focuses on language issues when children enter the formal school system.
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/past-projects/acla1
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Lardil [lbz] see all Lardil
Ken Hale Papers
Source: Ken Hale/MIT Linguistics
A collection of Ken Hale's papers and some of his unpublished teaching materials. Ken was an icon for endangered languages and also worked in Australia - papers here include ones on Warlpiri, Linngithigh, Pittapitta, Lardil, Wik (Cape York) languages
http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/halepapers/
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Linngithigh [lnj] see all Linngithigh
Ken Hale Papers
Source: Ken Hale/MIT Linguistics
A collection of Ken Hale's papers and some of his unpublished teaching materials. Ken was an icon for endangered languages and also worked in Australia - papers here include ones on Warlpiri, Linngithigh, Pittapitta, Lardil, Wik (Cape York) languages
http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/halepapers/
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Malyangapa [yga] see all Malyangapa
The Yarli Languages
Source: Luise Hercus and Peter K. Austin
The authors propose a Yarli language subgroup consisting of Malyangapa, Wadikali, and Yardliyawara. These languages were spoken in the far north-west corner of New South Wales and adjacent areas in South Australia and Queensland.
http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/HercusAustin.pdf
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Mawng [mph] see all Mawng
Mawng Dictionary Project
Source: Ruth Singer / ELAR
Archive deposit: focussed on dictionary definitions of triangular kinship terms and names for flora and fauna and associated knowledge. The deposit also includes audio recordings of myths and stories about traditional customs. Like all ELAR deposits, this material is accessible according to access protocols, and access may require negotiation with the depositor.
http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0096
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Quantitative investigation of intonation in an endangered language
Source: Sam Hellmuth, Frank Kügler & Ruth Singer
Descriptive and theoretical results of a corpus-based phonetic study of pitch accent in Mawng (Goulburn Islands, NT).
http://www.hrelp.org/publications/ldlt/papers/ldlt_15.pdf
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Murrinh-Patha [mwf] see all Murrinh-Patha
Rachel Nordlinger
Source: School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
Rachel's page contains links to papers on the syntax of Aboriginal languages, including a grammar and learner's guide for Wambaya, and several papers on Murrinh-Patha
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/rachel-nordlinger
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Wadeye Song Database
Source: Linda Barwick/Allan Marett/Michael Walsh/Joe Blythe/Nick Reid/Lysbeth Ford
This site documents the history, language and music of public songs and dances composed and performed at Wadeye, NT (aka Port Keats). You can search the database, listen to songs and see information about the singers, translations, and other musicological documentation. Some of the recordings are for community access only or are not publicly available, but you can apply for access. See also the Murrinh-Patha song project description.
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/indigenous_song/wadeye/
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Ndjebbana [djj] see all Ndjebbana
The role of the computer in learning Ndjébbana
Source: Glenn Auld
Application of computer assisted learning among the Kunibidji, focusing on the use of electronic talking books in Ndjébbana displayed on touch-screens, to look at the potential for language learning and cultural understanding.
http://llt.msu.edu/vol6num2/auld/default.html
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Ngarluma [nrl] see all Ngarluma
A Morphological Description of Ngarluma
Source: Alison Kohn
A formal description of the linguistic morphology of Ngarluma [PDF, 77 pages]
http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/pilbara-languages/ngarluma-morphological-description
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Pitta Pitta [pit] see all Pitta Pitta
Ken Hale Papers
Source: Ken Hale/MIT Linguistics
A collection of Ken Hale's papers and some of his unpublished teaching materials. Ken was an icon for endangered languages and also worked in Australia - papers here include ones on Warlpiri, Linngithigh, Pittapitta, Lardil, Wik (Cape York) languages
http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/halepapers/
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Walmajarri [wmt] see all Walmajarri
Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project
Source: Patrick McConvell, Jane Simpson, Gillian Wigglesworth
Research following 5-10 children and their families in 3 communities from 2004-2007, to study the language input children receive in multilingual environments. Languages include Gurindji, Kriol, Walmajarri, Warlpiri and Warramungu. See also the second phase of the project which focuses on language issues when children enter the formal school system.
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/past-projects/acla1
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Language landscapes of children in remote Australia
Source: Jane Simpson
A research article on the dynamics of language change as evidenced by the languages spoken by and heard by children in four Aboriginal communities in WA and NT. Many Aboriginal children grow up in language landscapes that are undergoing rapid change - languages are declining but also changing, and new languages are being created.
www.paradisec.org.au/blog/documents/simpson-final-short-ilc07.pdf
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Wambaya [wmb] see all Wambaya
Rachel Nordlinger
Source: School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
Rachel's page contains links to papers on the syntax of Aboriginal languages, including a grammar and learner's guide for Wambaya, and several papers on Murrinh-Patha
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/rachel-nordlinger
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Warlpiri [wbp] see all Warlpiri
Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project
Source: Patrick McConvell, Jane Simpson, Gillian Wigglesworth
Research following 5-10 children and their families in 3 communities from 2004-2007, to study the language input children receive in multilingual environments. Languages include Gurindji, Kriol, Walmajarri, Warlpiri and Warramungu. See also the second phase of the project which focuses on language issues when children enter the formal school system.
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/past-projects/acla1
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Ken Hale Papers
Source: Ken Hale/MIT Linguistics
A collection of Ken Hale's papers and some of his unpublished teaching materials. Ken was an icon for endangered languages and also worked in Australia - papers here include ones on Warlpiri, Linngithigh, Pittapitta, Lardil, Wik (Cape York) languages
http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/halepapers/
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Language landscapes of children in remote Australia
Source: Jane Simpson
A research article on the dynamics of language change as evidenced by the languages spoken by and heard by children in four Aboriginal communities in WA and NT. Many Aboriginal children grow up in language landscapes that are undergoing rapid change - languages are declining but also changing, and new languages are being created.
www.paradisec.org.au/blog/documents/simpson-final-short-ilc07.pdf
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Warumungu [wrm] see all Warumungu
Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project
Source: Patrick McConvell, Jane Simpson, Gillian Wigglesworth
Research following 5-10 children and their families in 3 communities from 2004-2007, to study the language input children receive in multilingual environments. Languages include Gurindji, Kriol, Walmajarri, Warlpiri and Warramungu. See also the second phase of the project which focuses on language issues when children enter the formal school system.
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/past-projects/acla1
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Language landscapes of children in remote Australia
Source: Jane Simpson
A research article on the dynamics of language change as evidenced by the languages spoken by and heard by children in four Aboriginal communities in WA and NT. Many Aboriginal children grow up in language landscapes that are undergoing rapid change - languages are declining but also changing, and new languages are being created.
www.paradisec.org.au/blog/documents/simpson-final-short-ilc07.pdf
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Wik Ngathan [wig] see all Wik Ngathan
Ken Hale Papers
Source: Ken Hale/MIT Linguistics
A collection of Ken Hale's papers and some of his unpublished teaching materials. Ken was an icon for endangered languages and also worked in Australia - papers here include ones on Warlpiri, Linngithigh, Pittapitta, Lardil, Wik (Cape York) languages
http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/halepapers/
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Wik Yi’anh [wij] see all Wik Yi’anh
Ken Hale Papers
Source: Ken Hale/MIT Linguistics
A collection of Ken Hale's papers and some of his unpublished teaching materials. Ken was an icon for endangered languages and also worked in Australia - papers here include ones on Warlpiri, Linngithigh, Pittapitta, Lardil, Wik (Cape York) languages
http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/halepapers/
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Wik-Mungkan [wim] see all Wik-Mungkan
Ken Hale Papers
Source: Ken Hale/MIT Linguistics
A collection of Ken Hale's papers and some of his unpublished teaching materials. Ken was an icon for endangered languages and also worked in Australia - papers here include ones on Warlpiri, Linngithigh, Pittapitta, Lardil, Wik (Cape York) languages
http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/halepapers/
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Wik-Ngatharr [wik] see all Wik-Ngatharr
Ken Hale Papers
Source: Ken Hale/MIT Linguistics
A collection of Ken Hale's papers and some of his unpublished teaching materials. Ken was an icon for endangered languages and also worked in Australia - papers here include ones on Warlpiri, Linngithigh, Pittapitta, Lardil, Wik (Cape York) languages
http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/halepapers/
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Worrorra [wro] see all Worrorra
Worrorra: a language of the north-west Kimberley coast
Source: Mark Clendon
A detailed linguistic description of the Worrorra language (PDF, 494 pages).
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/worrorra/worrorra-ebook.pdf
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Yidiny [yii] see all Yidiny
Yidiny stress, length, and truncation reconsidered
Source: Claire Bowern, Barry Alpher and Erich Round
A poster revisiting description by Dixon, arguing for the use of acoustic analysis rather than impressionistic analyses based on written examples.
http://www.academia.edu/4859060/Yidiny_stress_length_and_truncation_reconsidered
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Yolngu [aus-x-yoq] see all Yolngu
Computer Databases and Aboriginal Knowledge
Source: Michael Christie
The author argues that digital forms like databases and metadata are not culturally neutral; they typically opaquely encode assumptions about structure and representation, and how one interacts with them. By revealing these assumptions, Yolngu (Aboriginal) forms of knowledge and literacy can be applied to database design and deployment; however ‘long term, deeply negotiated and collaborative processes where questions of the nature, politics and creation of knowledge remain central.’
http://www.cdu.edu.au/centres/ik/pdf/CompDatAbKnow.pdf
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Indigenous Knowledge and Resource Management in Northern Australia: Making Collective Memory with Computers
Source: Michael Christie / Helen Verran / Waymamba Gaykamangu
This project ran from 2003-6 and investigated ‘digital systems which support indigenous people building collective memory’ with a focus on Yolngu peoples. See in particular the publications page for a large number of interesting papers about digital technologies and Aboriginal knowledge.
http://www.cdu.edu.au/centres/ik/ikhome.html
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Yuwaalaraay [aus-x-yuq] see all Yuwaalaraay
Linguists and language rebuilding: recent experience in two New South Wales languages
Source: John Giacon / LDC
A paper considering linguists’ roles, methods, and principles in language revival, largely based on John’s experience with Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay.
http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4616/giacon.pdf?sequence=3
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A Reference Grammar of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales
Source: Peter K. Austin
A downloadable academic grammar, complied from historical sources, with introduction to the people and language, and notes on the closely related Yuwaalaraay and Yuwaaliyaay languages. Published 1993.
https://www.academia.edu/2457676/A_Reference_Grammar_of_Gamilaraay_northern_New_South_Wales
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Yuwaaliyaay [aux-x-ywq] see all Yuwaaliyaay
A Reference Grammar of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales
Source: Peter K. Austin
A downloadable academic grammar, complied from historical sources, with introduction to the people and language, and notes on the closely related Yuwaalaraay and Yuwaaliyaay languages. Published 1993.
https://www.academia.edu/2457676/A_Reference_Grammar_of_Gamilaraay_northern_New_South_Wales
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Many languages or language not specified
Aboriginal truth and white media: Eric Michaels meets the spirit of Aboriginalism'
Source: Robert Hodge
Draws on Eric Michaels' "cowboy anthropology" which, while stirring, conformed to structuralist linguistics "which has virtually monopolised the study of Aboriginal languages".
http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/3.2/Hodge.html
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The AustKin project
Source: Patrick McConvell/Harold Koch/Laurent Dousset/Jane Simpson/Jeanie Bell/Piers kelly
Kinship charts, terminologies and systems from published and archival sources for over 607 Australian Aboriginal languages [editor’s note: the large number of languages (actually, language names) results from the project’ use of language names and spellings as found in the literature; a given language can have many names or spellings. Most people agree that the number of Australian languages is in the range 250-350].
http://www.austkin.net/
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Bread verses Freedom: Treaty and stabilising Indigenous Languages
Source: Lester-Irabinna Rigney
In this paper from 2002, Lester-Irabinna Rigney advocated for the formal recognition of Indigenous languages through constitional amendment and the establishment of a National Indigenous Languages Institute. The paper also discusses issues of reconciliation and language stabilisation and revitalisation.
http://www.flinders.edu.au/yunggorendi-files/documents/Paper_no3_lirbread.pdf
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California Down Under: Indigenous Language Revitalization in New South Wales, Australia
Source: Kevin Lowe / Michael Walsh
A paper describing recent language revitalisation efforts in NSW and comparing them to those in California.
http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/documents/survey-reports/survey-report-14.09-lowe-walsh.pdf
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Grammar rules, OK? What works when teaching a highly endangered Aboriginal language versus a stronger language?
Source: Mary-Anne Gale
Mary-Anne
http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9397
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Handbook of Western Australian Languages South of the Kimberley Region
Source: Nicholas Thieberger
The Internet Archive version of Nick’s comprehensive 1996 annotated bibliography and guide to the Indigenous languages of most of Western Australia.
http://web.archive.org/web/20000816224023/http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/wahbk.htm
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Indigenous languages in education: what the research actually shows
Source: Charles E. Grimes/Summer Institute of Linguistics (AuSIL)
The paper argues that the NT government and its education system continue to ignore solid research on best practice education in Indigenous communities. also includes an extensive bibliography on language and education in multilingual societies, many linked to online sources. [PDF]
http://ausil.org.au/sites/ausil/files/2009%20Grimes-Indig%20Lgs%20in%20Ed-AuSIL-web.pdf
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Language support with I.T.: not a high wire act
Source: David Nathan
This paper, given at Learning IT Together in 1999; argues that some rhetorical positions, as well as overtheorised approaches to IT in Aboriginal settings, work against the effective use of computing in support of language maintenance and revitalisation. It provides an interesting backdrop for surveying what has and has not been achieved through use of IT since 1999.
http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~djn/papers/NotHighWire.htm
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The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide
Source: Harold Koch / Rachel Nordlinger
Provides an overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Note: unfortunately this desirable book is another high-priced volume from De Gruyter (even the PDF version costs $350).
http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/181330
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Languages and their Status in Aboriginal Australia
Source: Michael Walsh
A general survey of the nature and history of Australian languages (chapter 1 of Walsh & Yallop (eds) 1993 Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia. [PDF, 13 pages]
http://lryb.aiatsis.gov.au/PDFs/walshyallop_ch1.pdf
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Luise Hercus
Source: Australian National University
Dr Hercus' departmental web page. See also Dr Hercus' publications and research projects.
http://slll.anu.edu.au/about-us/people/dr-luise-hercus
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Native Tongue Title: compensation for the loss of Aboriginal Languages
Source: Ghil'ad Zuckermann / Shiori Shauto-Neoh / Giovanni Matteo Quer
A paper proposing a compensation scheme for loss of Indigenous languages, paralleling compensation schemes for some Stolen Generations victims. The paper describes the history of linguicide in Australia, and the benefits of using compensation to support language revival. The paper appeared in Australian Aboriginal Studies 2014/1. See also the Lingua Franca episode on this topic.
https://www.academia.edu/7511656/Zuckermann_Ghilad_Shiori_Shakuto-Neoh_and_Giovanni_Matteo_Quer_2014._Native_Tongue_Title_Proposed_Compensation_for_the_Loss_of_Aborigin
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Nick Thieberger’s home pages - Publications
Source: Nick Thieberger
A list of Nick’s publications, including several online items on Australian languages and linguistic methodologies.
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/thieberger/paper.html
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Ockam’s Razor: Endangered Languages
Source: Claire Bowern / ABC
Robyn Williams interviews Claire Bowern, who talks about why languages can become endangered and why it matters, drawing on examples in Australia, where every Indigenous language is endangered. [audio and transcript]
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/endangered-languages/4382458
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People and place: Linguistic Diversity in Australia
Source: Michael Clyne and Sandra Kipp
An analysis of changing patterns of language diversity; includes statistics for languages spoken including Aboriginal languages.
http://www.nla.gov.au/ojs/index.php/aral/article/view/2050/2433
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Peter K. Austin’s web page
Source: Peter K. Austin
Peter’s web page has many downloadable publications and links to blog posts representing his long involvement with Aboriginal languages in NSW, SA and WA. See also Peter’s page on Academia.edu.
http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?cd=pa
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The Phonetics and Phonology of Australian Aboriginal Languages
Source: Jonathan Harrington / Macquarie University
Sketch of the phonetics and phonologies of Australian languages.
http://clas.mq.edu.au/speech/phonetics/phonology/aboriginal/
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Re-Awakening Languages: Theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous Languages
Source: John Hobson / Kevin Lowe / Susan Poetsch / Michael Walsh / Others
Full text of this 2010 edited volume with foreword by Jeanie Bell and contributed chapters on language policy and planning, language in communities, language centres, language in education, literacy and oracy, technology, and language documentation. Direct link [PDF, 489 pages]
http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/7888
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Research Unit for Indigenous Language
Source: The University of Melbourne
The Unit’s researches aspects of Indigenous language in Australia across generations and communities, and how to identify and address the language needs of Indigenous people. The Unit consists of a multidisciplinary team which examines the sound system, syntax and semantics, discourse features and gesture, of languages, and explores their implications for children’s language learning.
http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
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Talking each other’s Lingo: The Aboriginal Languages K-10 Syllabus and its role in Language Revitalisation in NSW
Source: Kevin Lowe / Anna Ash
Background to the rise of language revitalisation efforts in NSW, and the prominent role of the NSW Board of Studies in providing input and support.
http://ab-ed.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/files/talking_each_others_lingo.pdf
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Third International Workshop on Australian Aboriginal Languages
Source: Convenors: David Nash and Jane Simpson
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, April 28-29, 1998. Focussed on patterns of motion lexicalisation and description in Australian languages. Includes list of papers with links to informative abstracts.
http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/motion/
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Who will Teach our Languages?
Source: John Hobson
This paper examines issues surrounding Indigenous languages revitalisation in NSW and strategies for increasing the number of Aboriginal language teachers in the state
http://www.indigoz.com.au/hobson/HobsonASA2006.pdf
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