Decolonising sociolinguistic research

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Decolonising sociolinguistic research Decolonising sociolinguistic research 14/09/2020 | 5 MINS This article was originally published by Language on the Move on Monday 14 September 2020, and was written by Dr Celeste Rodriguez Louro and Glenys Collard. The histories and everyday experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia are etched in the landscape, the waterways and the voices of those who can speak and understand ancestral Aboriginal languages. They also thrive in post-invasion contact varieties such as Kriol and Aboriginal English. Researching Aboriginal English through yarning When our sociolinguistic project into Aboriginal English in Nyungar country (southwest Western Australia) started in early 2019 little did we know how much our fieldwork would enrich us. The premise was simple: head out into metropolitan Perth, set up the cameras and talk to people. Then use those recordings to figure out how Aboriginal English is changing. But there were so many questions. What model of research would

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Decolonising sociolinguistic research Decolonising sociolinguistic research 14/09/2020 | 5 MINS This article was originally published by Language on the Move on Monday 14 September 2020, and was written by Dr Celeste Rodriguez Louro and Glenys Collard.

The histories and everyday experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia are etched in the landscape, the waterways and the voices of those who can speak and understand ancestral Aboriginal languages.

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