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Download full textSutton, Peter – 1975
Cape Barren English is clearly the most aberrant dialect of English spoken in Australia. Descended from English sealers, whalers and ex-convicts and their Aboriginal wives, the inhabitants of Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, have lived in relative isolation for the last 150 years or more. Their dialect is not a creolized pidgin; it has a number of…
Descriptors: Creoles, Dialects, English, Language Research
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1973
This bibliography is divided into five sections. The second, third, fourth, and fifth sections are each devoted to publications in one specified area, American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English respectively. The first section lists bibliographies pertaining to all of these areas. Entries in all sections include both American and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Dialect Studies, English, Language Usage
Peer reviewedPauwels, Anne – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Investigates whether speakers of standard German and Dutch maintain their language variety better than speakers of German and Dutch dialects. Also investigates the phenomenon of diglossia in immigrant societies and shows that the type of diglossia prevalent in the immigrant's home country significantly affects the language situation in the new…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diglossia, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Malcolm, Ian G. – 1994
Activities at Edith Cowan University (Australia) in support of the maintenance of Aboriginal languages and Aboriginal English are discussed. Discussion begins with an examination of the concept of language maintenance and the reasons it merits the attention of linguists, language planners, and language teachers. Australian policy concerning…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Berry, Rosalind; Hudson, Joyce – 1997
The 10-year history leading to publication of "Making the Jump: A Resource Book for Teachers of Aboriginal Students" is chronicled. The book focuses on acceptance of the Aboriginal students' home language, often a creole or a dialect of English, and the use of that language as a jumping-off point for teaching Standard Australian English…
Descriptors: Bidialectalism, Classroom Techniques, Creoles, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLukmana, Iwa – Babel: Australia, 1997
Considers the question of which variety of Indonesian to teach in Australia. Issues related to standardization, formality, and diglossia in Bahasa, Indonesia, the use of its many varieties across Indonesia, differences between the Jakarta dialect and the standard form, and pedagogical considerations in teaching non-standard varieties are…
Descriptors: Diglossia, Foreign Countries, Indonesian, Language Role
