ANGLO-ABORIGINAL CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE CONTACTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OF LINGUISTIC SITUATION IN AUSTRALIA
Abstract
The article analyses quantitative, qualitative and estimative parameters of the linguistic situation in Wales. It considers main stages of coexistence of the English language and numerous Aboriginal languages, beginning from 1788 and up to the present, from the period of colonization and elimination of aborigines up to the present and admittance of their civil rights. Peculiarities of mutual influence of English and Aboriginal Languages and their idioms - pidgins, Kriole and aboriginal ethnolect of Australian English are systematized.
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