Indigenous Multilingualism at Warruwi: Cultivating Linguistic Diversity in an Australian Community

by Ruth Singer

Book Overview

This book is an exploration of the role of language at Warruwi Community, a remote Indigenous settlement in northern Australia. It explores how language use and people's ideas about language are embedded in contemporary Indigenous life there.

Using an ethnographic approach, the book examines what language at Warruwi means in the context of the history of the community, ongoing social and political changes and the continuing importance of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032155019
• ISBN13: 9781032155012
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"