Something old, something new: Indigenous languages since colonisation

旧的、新的：殖民以来的土著语言

• 批准号: FT170100042
• 负责人: Prof Felicity Meakins
• 金额: $ 62.72万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2018-01-04 至 2023-01-03
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT170100042
• 关键词: Something; old; something; new; Indigenous

This project aims to undertake an extensive survey of colonial language change in Australia. English has changed the linguistic landscape of Indigenous Australia profoundly. Of the 300 languages spoken at first contact, only 18 remain strong. In their place is a complex array of restructured varieties, Kriol dialects and fusions of traditional languages with English. The project aims to develop new methodologies for investigating and predicting the mechanisms of change across languages and generations of speakers. The expected outcomes of the project include recognising new ways of speaking and providing Indigenous communities with guiding principles for language revitalisation. This will place Australia at the forefront of studies of language change.

该项目旨在对澳大利亚殖民地语言的变化进行广泛的调查。英语已经深刻地改变了澳大利亚原住民的语言景观。在第一次接触时使用的300种语言中，只有18种保持强势。取而代之的是一系列复杂的重组变体，克里奥尔方言和传统语言与英语的融合。该项目旨在开发新的方法，以调查和预测跨语言和跨代使用者的变化机制。该项目的预期成果包括承认新的说话方式，并为土著社区提供语言振兴的指导原则。这将使澳大利亚处于语言变化研究的前沿。