Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451415

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451415

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Dynamics of identity and expression: a three generational study of a community language in post World War 2 Australia. The project examines the rapidly accelerating decline in the home use of German between the 1996 and 2001 Censuses. It utilises an innovative methodology which will correlate general trends accessible via large-scale statistical data from 1976 with the experiences of subgroups, families, and, ultimately, individuals from the early 1950s. As well as contributing to theoretical model building in the field at an international level, findings will benefit the German-speaking community in Australia, other community language groups facing similar dilemmas and ultimately the nation, enabling more informed management of one of Australia's major resources: its rich linguistic diversity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-01-2004

End Date: 31-03-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $228,612.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ethnicity and multiculturalism | National identity |

Other Keywords

Ethnicity and multiculturalism | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) | Linguistics | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | National identity

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