Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101201

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150101201

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Trilingual language contact in an Indigenous community. The linguistic cradle of many Aboriginal children in remote Australia is a multilingual setting involving considerable mixing between languages. Children bring this linguistic background to the task of learning English. This project is the first investigation of a trilingual Indigenous community, Elliott (Northern Territory), where children grow up hearing Jingulu, Mudburra and Kriol. It aims to examine how people at Elliott manage multiple languages and how these languages have changed through mixing processes such as creolisation and code-switching. Exploring this dynamic language ecology is crucial to tailoring educational programs to suit the needs of Aboriginal children. It is expected to place Australia at the forefront of studies of complex language change.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2015

End Date: 01-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $294,500.00

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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