Ethnic Englishes, Indigenous and Migrant Languages: Policy and Education

by Gerhard Leitner

Australia is host to many languages - English, indigenous, migrant, and contact. Its multilingualism, the sociopolitical changes that have been impacting upon them, and its wide-ranging language policy efforts are well-known. What has been missing so far is a comprehensive, integrative study of the entire 'habitat' of languages - the contacts and interactions that have been taking place from the beginning of colonization to the present day with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110181959
• ISBN13: 9783110181951
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary