Aboriginal Ways of Using English

To understand Aboriginal ways of using English leads to better understanding Aboriginal identity, a better engagement in intercultural communication, and learning about the complexities of how English is used by and with Aboriginal people in the legal process.

Aboriginal ways of using English is invaluable reading for university undergraduates in a range of disciplines but also postgraduate courses where there's little information available. Educated readers and students with or without a linguistics background will find the book accessible.

Production Details

• Paperback
• 230mm x 155mm x 15mm
• 256pp
• Released June 2013
• ISBN 9781922059260

Contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
PART I: Describing Aboriginal ways of using English
Chapter 2:‘You gotta know how to talk…’- ethnography of informationseeking in Southeast Queensland Aboriginal society
Chapter 3: Misunderstanding Aboriginal English- the role of sociocultural context
Chapter 4: They don’t speak an Aboriginal language,or do they?
Chapter 5: Aboriginal English
PART II: Focusing on the criminal justice process
Chapter 6: Language and the law- white Australia v Nancy
Chapter 7: Aboriginal English in the criminal justice system
Chapter 8: Aboriginal English on trial- the case for Stuartand Condren
Chapter 9: A case of mistaken assumptions
Chapter 10: Telling and retelling your story in court- questions, assumptions and intercultural implications
Chapter 11: The social consequences of language ideologies in courtroom cross-examination
Appendix: Transcription conventions
Glossary
Reference list
Index

About The Cover 

Cover design by Upside Creative

Front cover artwork: Reimaged from 'Scythe Mystery' 

By Troy Anthony Bailis