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*The Creole Language Debate and the Use of Creoles in Australian Schools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

J. Harris  and
J. Sandefur
J. Harris
Affiliation:
Darwin Community College, N.T.
J. Sandefur
Affiliation:
Ngukurr, N.T.
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The English-based Creoles, which are spoken by a very large number of Aboriginal Australians, are so named because it is obvious that a large proportion of their lexicon is derived from English. This fact alone, however, does not indicate that they are merely regional varieties of English. They are distinct languages. Together with other world Creoles, they are at the frontier of linguistic research and the subject of considerable controversy. One critical forum of debate centres on the validity of Creoles as languages of education. It is the intention of the authors that this paper should achieve two things. Firstly, it is intended to contribute constructively to that debate. Secondly, it is intended to provide an overview of the present use of some creole languages in Australian schools.

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 8 - 29
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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