Watch Your Language, Eh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4342874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Nicholls (Flinders University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 5-12 |
| Publication date | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Aboriginal Child at School (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0310-5822 • E-ISSN: 2059-9242 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0310582200005265 |
| OpenAlex | W2477321656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The first and probably most important piece of advice that anyone can give to prospective teachers of Aboriginal children is to 'watch your language'. Whether or not the children speak an Aboriginal language as their first language, a Creole or a Pidgin or a version of Aboriginal English, with standard English as either a second language or second dialect, opportunities for miss-communication and non-communication abound
Art · Creole language · English language · Linguistics · Literature · Pidgin · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Standard English · Standard language · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Computer Science · Multilingual Education and Policy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |