Something old, something new: Indigenous languages since colonisation

这个项目旨在对澳大利亚殖民地语言的变化进行广泛的调查。英语深刻地改变了澳大利亚土著的语言面貌。在第一次接触时使用的300种语言中，只有18种仍然很流行。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来调查和预测跨语言和世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复兴的指导原则。这将使澳大利亚处于语言变化研究的前沿。

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.