English on Croker Island: The Synchronic and Diachronic Dynamics of Contact and Variation

by Robert Mailhammer

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Existing accounts of Australian Aboriginal English do not investigate the significant degree of variation found across the continent. This book presents the first description of English spoken on Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia, in terms of its history, linguistic features and connections to local Aboriginal languages. It demonstrates that English on Croker Island shows an extremely high degree of intra- and inter-speaker variation and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3110707756

ISBN13:9783110707755

Release Date:February 2021

Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.21 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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