Carving Out Domains for the Use of a Re-Awakening Language

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dc.contributor.authorAmery, R.
dc.contributor.editorDevlin, B.C.
dc.contributor.editorKinslow-Harris, J.
dc.contributor.editorDevlin, N.R.F.
dc.contributor.editorHarris, J.E.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn his book Two-way Aboriginal Schooling, Stephen Harris advocated for domain separation in order to preserve Aboriginal culture in the face of overwhelming intrusion from English. Harris mounted this argument in the context of bilingual education in communities where Aboriginal languages were still relatively strong. By contrast, in situations where Aboriginal languages are being re-awakened, their owners/custodians have been speaking English, and only English, for several generations. Rather than reserving domains of use in the interests of language preservation, there is an imperative to create or carve out domains of use for the re-awakening language and to (re-)establish functions for the fledgling language. This chapter describes such efforts over a thirty-year period for the awakening Kaurna language of the Adelaide Plains in South Australia.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityRob Amery
dc.identifier.citationStephen Harris-Writer, Educator, Anthropologist: Kantriman Blanga Melabat (Our Countryman), 2022 / Devlin, B.C., Kinslow-Harris, J., Devlin, N.R.F., Harris, J.E. (ed./s), Ch.19, pp.223-234
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-981-16-8648-1_19
dc.identifier.isbn9789811686474
dc.identifier.orcidAmery, R. [0000-0002-3293-8349]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/147119
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.publisher.placeSingapore
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190102413
dc.rights© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8648-1
dc.subjectKaurna; Re-awakening languages; Domain separation; Formulaic method; Language revival
dc.titleCarving Out Domains for the Use of a Re-Awakening Language
dc.typeBook chapter
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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