IA2002:03
Creoles and English Based Languages
| Townsville | HECS Band 1 |
30 hours workshops/seminars. August block mode.
Staff: Professor J Herbert, Ms J Hudson.
This subject will look at the speech varieties which are based on English, known as pidgins, creoles and Aboriginal English and which are spoken by many Indigenous Australians. Topics covered include development of pidgin and creole languages, attitudes to these languages, comparison of the two Australian creoles with Indigenous languages and implications for education.
Learning Objectives:
- describe the differences between Australian English and the English based languages – Kriol, Torres Strait Creole and Aboriginal English;
- explain the development of pidgins and creoles as described by linguists;
- identify some features of a creole or Aboriginal English;
- read Kriol or Torres Strait Creole written in a phonemic orthography;
- describe some implications for creole speakers attending school in Standard English.
Assessment by pre-block reading assignment (30%); short assignments during block (40%); essay (30%).