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Without even considering the 150 Aboriginal languages still spoken, Australia has an unparalleled mix of languages other than English in common usage, languages often described by the term 'community'. Drawing on census data and other statistics, this book addresses the current suitation of community languages in Australia, analysing which are spoken, by whom, and whereabouts. It focuses on three main issues: how languages other than English are maintained in an English speaking environment, how the structure of the languages themselves changes over time, and how the government has responded to such ethnolinguistic diversity. At a time of unprecedented awareness of these languages within society and a realisation of the importance of mutlilingualism in business, this book makes a significant contribution to understanding the role of community languages in shaping the future of Australian society.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Sociolinguistics

• Full title: Community Languages
• Subtitle: The Australian Experience
• Author: Michael Clyne
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308
• EAN: 9780521397292
• ISBN: 0521397294
• ID: 02029533
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 390 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 138 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. September 1991

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