Maya-Kwobabiny: Re-Embedding Language at Kepa Kurl, Western Australia

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      National Foreign Language Resources Center at University of Hawaii. Department of Linguistics, UHM Moore Hall 569, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. Fax: 808-956-9166; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      22
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Language Research; Language Maintenance; Documentation; Indigenous Populations; Languages; Universities; Cooperation; Diachronic Linguistics; Educational Resources; Dialects; Researchers; Community Organizations; Capacity Building; Leadership; Sustainability; Foreign Countries; Language Skill Attrition
    • Subject Terms:
      Australia
    • ISSN:
      1934-5275
    • Abstract:
      This paper describes a Nyungar language revitalisation project in the southern region of Western Australia conducted in partnership between a university research team and the Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation. It discusses how linguistic analysis of historical Nyungar documentation was essential to addressing community aims of re-embedding the language into the community, developing and using pedagogical resources, and exploring new domains for language use. In particular, this paper focuses on the community's desire for the reclamation of a dialectal flavour of Nyungar that is distinctive to the Esperance region, and the factors contributing to a successful partnership between the researchers and the community organisation in terms of capacity-building, leadership, and sustainability.
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    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1420600