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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Aboriginal English: A Cultural Study
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...'Aboriginal English demonstrates some of the ways in which Aboriginal people over the past two hundred years have made a language of Europe their own. It provides an important and needed understanding of one of the languages of Aboriginal Australia' (Source: Backcover).

Notes

  • The book is arranged in themes:

    • Chapter One - Always was, always will be pp. 110-69
    • Chapter Two - Kin pp. 70-88
    • Chapter Three - Us Mob pp. 89-114
    • Chapter Four - Country pp. 115-132
    • Chapter Five - Living with whitefellas pp. 133-181
    • Chapter Six - The quiet run and the wild bush 182-191
    • Chapter Seven - Aboriginal way pp. 192-222
    • Chapter Eight - Survival pp. 223-245

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Works about this Work

Aboriginal English David Nathan , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1998; (p. 87-89)
— Review of Aboriginal English: A Cultural Study J. M. Arthur , 1996 single work non-fiction In this review, Nathan claims that "Arthur's book is a highly accessible treasure-trove of valuable information about Australian Aboriginal peoples' languages, history and culture."
Examining Our 'New' Language 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 26 March no. 147 1997; (p. 24)
— Review of Aboriginal English: A Cultural Study J. M. Arthur , 1996 single work non-fiction This work demonstrates the ways in which Aboriginal people over the past 200 years have made a European language their own.
Examining Our 'New' Language 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 26 March no. 147 1997; (p. 24)
— Review of Aboriginal English: A Cultural Study J. M. Arthur , 1996 single work non-fiction This work demonstrates the ways in which Aboriginal people over the past 200 years have made a European language their own.
Aboriginal English David Nathan , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1998; (p. 87-89)
— Review of Aboriginal English: A Cultural Study J. M. Arthur , 1996 single work non-fiction In this review, Nathan claims that "Arthur's book is a highly accessible treasure-trove of valuable information about Australian Aboriginal peoples' languages, history and culture."
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  • Aboriginal Kriol Included in AIATSIS, but with no ref. number language
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