Australia and the south west Pacific

F Meakins - The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

What have we missed? Theorising about Creoles in the absence of Melanesia and Australia

F Meakins - Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
Melanesian and Australian Creoles were originally brought to the attention of linguistics by
Hugo Schuchardt (1979 [1883]), one of the founders of the field. His work postulated a …

Dis, that and da other: Variation in Aboriginal children's article and demonstrative use at school

H Fraser, I Mushin, F Meakins, R Gardner - Language Practices of …, 2017 - Springer
This chapter is the first longitudinal, quantitative study of the acquisition of Standard
Australian English (SAE) as an additional dialect by Australian Aboriginal students in a …

" It's your rights, ok?": Explaining the right to silence to Aboriginal suspects in the Northern Territory

A Bowen - 2017 - search.proquest.com
When a suspect is interviewed by the police, s/he has the right to decline to answer police
questions and avoid self-incrimination. This is a fundamental procedural protection, and …

Temporality and aspect in Kununurra Kriol: Toginabad bla taim garra Kriol

C Brown - 2023 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
This thesis presents an account of the semantics of various aspectuo-temporal forms in an
Australian creole language, Kununurra Kriol. Kununurra Kriol is an undocumented variety of …