Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0985395

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0985395

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Phonological development in child speakers of mixed language. In Northern Territory Aboriginal communities where traditional languages are mostly spoken fluently by older people, the home language for many children is a kind of mixed language combining elements of traditional languages, Kriol and English. This project will document for the first time the sound system of this language, and investigate how children's background knowledge of this sound system prepares them to learn words in English and traditional languages. This information is important because it can help parents, teachers and speech pathologists assess and teach Aboriginal children from mixed language backgrounds.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $230,357.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Linguistic Structures (Incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Education Studies Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Primary education |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Education Studies Not Elsewhere Classified | Languages and Literacy | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Linguistic Structures (Incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Linguistics | Primary education

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