Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100232

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140100232

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

What makes a multilingual community? The life of languages at Warruwi community. Through the study of an Australian Aboriginal community where many Indigenous languages flourish alongside English, this project aims to identify strategies that can keep endangered languages thriving. Warruwi Community, in north-west Arnhem Land, supports four of the 18 Australian Indigenous languages that are still being learned by children. Until recently, there were 250 Australian Indigenous languages spoken and most Indigenous communities were highly multilingual. This detailed study of language practices at Warruwi Community will shed light on the practices that support traditional multilingualism. The results of this project will contribute key data to international debates about how linguistic diversity can be maintained worldwide.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-01-2014

End Date: 23-10-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $394,190.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Language Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Indigenous Health not elsewhere classified | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture | Indigenous Health not elsewhere classified | Language Studies | Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)

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