Kriol myths debunked by PhD scholar (fwd link)

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Kriol myths debunked by PhD scholar
By Stephanie ZillmanOct. 8, 2014, 11 a.m.

THERE is a lot more to linguist Greg Dickson than meets the eye.

Mr Dickson has spent the last 10 years of his life immersed in the rich
smorgasbord of Aboriginal language and Kriols of the Top End.

Far from being a dying language, Kriol is spoken by around 20,000 people.

In fact, so prevalent is Kriol and associated dialects that it is
contributing to the decimation of traditional indigenous languages.

“I think there’s still a perception amongst a lot of people that because
[Kriol] is closely related to English, it is incorrect or ‘bad’ English and
somehow inferior,” Mr Dickson said.

“But actually, Kriol is a language in its own right, and it has grammatical
rules, and everything that happens in Kriol is systematic and words have
their own specific meanings.

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http://www.katherinetimes.com.au/story/2611345/kriol-myths-debunked-by-phd-scholar/
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