5 Reports. Work Papers of SIL-AAIB, Series B, Volume 13 /
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M. J. Ray, Ed.
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Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1988.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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111 p.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Five studies of aboriginal language use in Australia's Northern Territory include: (1) "Yanyuwa--A Dying Language" (Jean F. Kirton), which outlines the factors contributing to the demise of the use of Yanyuwa since 1963 and the trend toward use of Kriol; (2) "Kriol in the Barkly Tableland" (Phillip L. Graber), presenting sociolinguistic and linguistic observations about the language use of aboriginal people in eight Kriol-speaking communities; (3) "Sociolinguistic Survey Report: Daly River Region Languages" (S. James Ellis), discussing sociological conditions of each Daly River area language; (4) "Sociolinguistic Survey Report: Wagalt Region Languages" (S. James Ellis), describing the population centers, sociological conditions of vernacular languages and the Belyuen Creole, and language attitudes in that area; and (5) "Tiwi: A Language Struggling to Survive" (Jenny Lee), chronicling Tiwi's history, Tiwi life today, the present language situation and the nature of change within it, and factors influencing the language's survival or revival. (MSE)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Aboriginal Australians.
Australian Aboriginal Languages.
Creoles.
Diachronic Linguistics.
Foreign Countries.
Language Maintenance.
Language Research.
Social Influences.
Sociolinguistics.
Uncommonly Taught Languages.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Ray, M. J.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Summer Inst. of Linguistics, Darwin (Australia). Australian Aborigines Branch.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Summer Inst. of Linguistics, Darwin (Australia). Australian Aborigines Branch.