WHAT IS DISTINCTIVE ABOUT AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CONVERSATIONAL STYLE?
Grant number: DP180100515 | Funding period: 2018 - 2022
Completed
Abstract
This project aims to re-examine claims that Aboriginal Australians conduct conversations in different ways to Anglo-Australians. It will investigate and compare ordinary conversations in these groups on a large scale. The project expects to provide new evidence to explicate Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal conversational norms, pinpointing differences which may lead to intercultural miscommunication. Expected outcomes include endangered language documentation, and evidence-based findings to disseminate to service providers, to communities and to Aboriginal organisations to improve ways of engaging with each other. In addition, the project will benefit Aboriginal communities with new approaches ..
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