Gurindji Kriol: A Mixed Language Emerges from Code-switching

2005/04/01 by Patrick McConvell, Felicity Meakins · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Multilingual Education and Policy #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Hearing Impairment and Communication

paper · doi:10.1080/07268600500110456

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Abstract

Bakker (2003: 129) claims that ‘mixed languages’ do not arise from code-switching. The language spoken most frequently by Gurindji people between the ages of 3 and about 45, termed ‘Gurindji Kriol’...

Citations

• The Making of a Mixed Language

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