Children's Language Input: A Study of a Remote Multilingual Indigenous Australian Community

Autor/inn/en	Loakes, Deborah; Moses, Karin; Wigglesworth, Gillian; Simpson, Jane; Billington, Rosey
Titel	Children's Language Input: A Study of a Remote Multilingual Indigenous Australian Community
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 32 (2013) 5, S.683-711 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2013-0032
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Linguistic Input; Creoles; Standard Spoken Usage; Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Language Usage; Rural Areas; Children; English (Second Language); Uncommonly Taught Languages; Caregiver Child Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Language of Instruction; Family Environment; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachbildung; Kreole; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Sprachgebrauch; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Child; Kind; Kinder; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Minderheitensprache; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Familienmilieu; Australien
Abstract	Indigenous children growing up in the remote regions of Australia live in multilingual communities which are often undergoing rapid language shift. In these communities, children are exposed to a range of language input, including the traditional language of the area, a local creole and Standard Australian English. The extent to which the different languages are used may vary by age of interlocutor as well as other factors. In this paper we examine the input to five children between the ages of two and four living in a small remote community. Recordings were made of each child interacting with caregivers of different ages to identify the range of language the children are exposed to. The majority of the input was in the local creole. This represents a rapid shift from the traditional language, Walmajarri, which was widely spoken when the community was established in the late 1980s. The majority of input in the traditional language came from the older interlocutors, suggesting that the language is severely endangered. Standard Australian English was used only minimally, although once they enter the formal school system, SAE will be the only language used for their education. (As Provided).
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