Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Role of Indigenous Children in Language Change

从婴儿的口中说出：土著儿童在语言变革中的作用

• 批准号: DE140100854
• 负责人: Prof Felicity Meakins
• 金额: $ 26.19万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE140100854
• 关键词: Out; Mouths; Babes; Role; Indigenous

Over the last 225 years, English has left an indelible footprint on the linguistic landscape of Australia. Many Indigenous languages now learnt by children have undergone restructuring under the influence of English. One of these languages is Gurindji. This project is the first diachronic investigation of cross-generational language change in an Indigenous language. It examines the linguistic input Gurindji children received from their caregivers as infants and charts its influence on their subsequent language use. Exploring these changes is crucial to understanding language shift and to tailoring educational programs to suit the needs of Indigenous children. It will place Australia at the forefront of studies of complex language change.

在过去的225年里，英语在澳大利亚的语言景观中留下了不可磨灭的足迹。儿童现在学习的许多土著语言在英语的影响下经历了重组。其中一种语言是古林吉语。该项目是第一次对土著语言的跨代语言变化进行历时性调查。它研究了语言输入古林吉儿童从他们的照顾者作为婴儿和图表的影响，他们随后的语言使用。探索这些变化对于理解语言转变和调整教育方案以适应土著儿童的需求至关重要。它将使澳大利亚处于复杂语言变化研究的前沿。