Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100854

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140100854

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Role of Indigenous Children in Language Change. Over the last 225 years, English has left an indelible footprint on the linguistic landscape of Australia. Many Indigenous languages now learnt by children have undergone restructuring under the influence of English. One of these languages is Gurindji. This project is the first diachronic investigation of cross-generational language change in an Indigenous language. It examines the linguistic input Gurindji children received from their caregivers as infants and charts its influence on their subsequent language use. Exploring these changes is crucial to understanding language shift and to tailoring educational programs to suit the needs of Indigenous children. It will place Australia at the forefront of studies of complex language change.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2014

End Date: 30-06-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $374,560.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture | Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology) | Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Linguistics

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