Bridging Two Worlds: Aboriginal English and Crosscultural UnderstandingSociolinguistic study of Aboriginal English of Alice Springs town camps analysing variations in noun phrases, tense, aspect and mood, syntax and semantics from Standard English through examination of texts; discusses implications for education particularly for language programs at Yeperenye School. |
Contents
Why Study Aboriginal English? | 1 |
Aboriginal English in Alice Springs | 9 |
Nouns and Their Modifiers | 41 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal English Aboriginal languages Aboriginal speakers adults Alice Springs analysis appears Arrernte Arrernte and Luritja assume Australian bush camps Chapter child complex concepts constructions context Council cultural definiteness described developed discussed distinction event evidence example explain express fact forms functions further give gotta grammatical happen horse important indicated interpret kind knowledge language variety lexical linguistic Luritja marker marking meaning modal nature non-Aboriginal speakers non-standard noted nouns particular past person plural possible present pronouns question range reasons reference rules seems seen semantic similar situation social sometimes speak speech standard English structure suggest talk teachers tell tense thing town understand usage utterances variation variety of English verb Walker Wierzbicka Yipirinya