Improving Communication with Aboriginal English Speakers: A Study of cultural conceptualisations in Aboriginal English

该项目将探索土著英语中的文化概念化。非原住民对原住民文化概念化的不熟悉往往导致沟通不畅，使讲原住民的人处于不利地位，特别是在机构背景下(例如，教室、法庭、中心办公室)。本研究的目的是通过使用文化语言学的分析工具，探索土著英语使用背后的文化建构的概念化，特别是文化概念隐喻，以缓解这些问题，并显著推进土著英语研究。这项研究也将对文化语言学的发展做出重大贡献。

The project will explore cultural conceptualisations in Aboriginal English. Often unfamiliarity with Aboriginal cultural conceptualisations on the part of non-Aboriginal people leads to miscommunication, disadvantaging Aboriginal speakers, especially in institutional contexts (for example, schoolrooms, courtrooms, Centrelink offices). The aim of this study is to alleviate such problems, and significantly advance Aboriginal English research, by exploring culturally constructed conceptualisations, in particularly cultural-conceptual metaphor, underlying the use of Aboriginal English, using the the analytical tools of Cultural Linguistics. The study will also make a significant contribution to the development of Cultural Linguistics.