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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150103287
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Linguistic analysis of Ngarrindjeri texts. The Ngarrindjeri language of the Lower Murray of South Australia was richly documented in the nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. The largest body of texts (163 texts in Berndt and Berndt, 1993) is a treasure-trove of language and cultural knowledge from the 1940s, but has received little linguistic attention, because of difficulties in interpreting writing conventions and because of the inadequate translations provided. Through systematic linguistic analysis and reconstructions, this project aims to shed light on how Ngarrindjeri changed over the 100 years since first documentation, how clan languages differed, and how Ngarrindjeri texts and sentences were structured. It is expected to provide important insight into the variation expected in language contact situations.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2015
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $357,700.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Linguistics not elsewhere classified | Linguistics | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Indigenous Health not elsewhere classified | Languages and Literature | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage |
