Everywhere and Nowhere: Invisibility of Aboriginal and Torres Strain Islander Contact Languages in Education and Indigenous Language Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Sellwood, Juanita; Angelo, Denise
Titel	Everywhere and Nowhere: Invisibility of Aboriginal and Torres Strain Islander Contact Languages in Education and Indigenous Language Contexts
Quelle	In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 36 (2013) 3, S.250-266 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-0640
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Pacific Islanders; Creoles; Geographic Regions; Language Attitudes; Diachronic Linguistics; Government Publications; English; Standard Spoken Usage; Personal Narratives; Contrastive Linguistics; Language Variation; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Kreole; Sprachverhalten; Linguistics; Diachronische Sprachbetrachtung; Historische Linguistik; English language; Englisch; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Erlebniserzählung; Kontrastive Linguistik; Sprachenvielfalt; Australien
Abstract	The language ecologies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland are characterised by widespread language shift to contact language varieties, yet they remain largely invisible in discourses involving Indigenous languages and education. This invisibility--its various causes and its many implications--are explored through a discussion of two creoles which developed in Queensland: Yumplatok (formerly Torres Strait Creole) and Yarrie Lingo. Although both are English lexified and originate in Queensland, they represent different histories and different trajectories of awareness and recognition. The Yumplatok discussion emphasises issues arising from speakers' own attitudes, including Sellwood's own lived experiences. The Yarrie Lingo discussion highlights issues arising from its creole-lexifier relationship with (Standard Australian) English. Finally, this paper examines a recently published government language report, highlighting the ways that Indigenous creoles are marginalised: this marginalisation exacerbates their invisibility in mainstream discourse. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Applied Linguistics Association of Australia. e-mail: info@alaa.org.au; Web site: http://www.alaa.org.au/page/aral_journal.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10