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Linguistic aspects of Australian Aboriginal English.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18770096     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
It is probable that the majority of the 455 000 strong Aboriginal population of Australia speak some form of Australian Aboriginal English (AAE) at least some of the time and that it is the first (and only) language of many Aboriginal children. This means their language is somewhere on a continuum ranging from something very close to Standard Australian English (SAE) at one end, through to something very close to creole at the other. The phonetics and phonology, grammar, and lexicon of AAE are influenced to varying degrees by the Australian Aboriginal language substrate. There are also some features typical of non-standard Englishes in general, and some which have been retained from earlier forms of the colonial language. Many teachers still see this variety as an uneducated or corrupted form of Standard Australian English, rather than as a different dialect of English that is just as efficient a medium of communication.
Authors:
Andrew Butcher
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical linguistics & phonetics     Volume:  22     ISSN:  0269-9206     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Linguist Phon     Publication Date:  2008 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-09-04     Completed Date:  2009-01-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8802622     Medline TA:  Clin Linguist Phon     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  625-42     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. andy.butcher@flinders.edu.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
Language*
Linguistics
Oceanic Ancestry Group*
Phonetics

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