The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0415308089
ISBN-13
9780415308083
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 22nd, 2004
Print length
374 Pages
Weight
793 grams
Product Classification:
SociolinguisticsGrammar, syntax & morphologyRegional studiesSociety & culture: general
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This book provides an insightful and highly readable account both of the social setting in which the languages are spoken and of their main structural features.
The Kimberley, the far north-west of Australia, is one of the most linguistically diverse regions of the continent. Some fifty-five Aboriginal languages belonging to five different families are spoken within its borders. Few of these languages are currently being passed on to children, most of whom speak Kriol (a new language that arose about half a century ago from an earlier Pidgin English) or Aboriginal English (a dialect of English) as their mother tongue and usual language of communication. This book describes the Aboriginal languages spoken today and in the recent past in this region.
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