There are around 5,000 languages spoken across the world today, but the languages that
coexist in our multilingual world have varied functions and fulfil various roles. Some are …

This book examines the performative life reconciliation and its discontents in settler
societies. It explores the refoundings of the settler state and reimaginings of its alternatives …

Colonial poets and cartoonists often personified Australia as a virgin, a young, untouched
(white) female, waiting to be claimed and made fertile by British manhood. Such images …

Since colonisation, the language ecology of Australia has shifted dramatically to
accommodate English. ¹ Although a number of Aboriginal languages continue to be spoken …

Australia is host to many languages-English, indigenous, migrant, and contact. Its
multilingualism, the sociopolitical changes that have been impacting upon them, and its …

This chapter focusses on a group of geographically disparate, but related English-based
creoles–Bislama (Vanuatu), Solomons Pijin (Solomon Islands), Tok Pisin (PNG) and Kriol …

There is undoubtedly a considerable amount of Melanesian substrate influence in MPE
today. This is not in conflict with the claim that MPE derives primarily from QLD [Queensland …

This volume is the first collection of research dedicated to the effects of recent language
contact processes on Australian languages. Multilingualism and language contact have …

Abstract Central Australian Aboriginal English includes features derived from an earlier
Australian Pidgin English, mixed with aspects of colloquial English, and in addition shows …

La Collection Sociolinguistique se veut un lieu exigeant d'expression et de confrontation des
diverses recherches en sciences du langage ou dans les champs disciplinaires connexes …