[lg policy] Slip of the tongues: language and the unintended consequences of Indigenous policy

[Dave Sayers]

http://theconversation.edu.au/slip-of-the-tongues-language-and-the-unintended-consequences-of-indigenous-policy-9937

Indigenous communities are devastated when languages are lost.

This was the conclusion of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Affairs last month. The committee members also found that Indigenous language plays
a crucial role in people’s relationships with family, country, kin and culture.

This fits with analysis I recently co-authored showing Indigenous Australians who were learning an
Indigenous language were significantly more likely to report that they were happy all or most of the
time in the previous four weeks compared to those who were not.

(Can indigenous people's quality of life be improved without diluting their languages? Click the
link for more on this taxing dilemma.)

http://theconversation.edu.au/slip-of-the-tongues-language-and-the-unintended-consequences-of-indigenous-policy-9937



Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers
Honorary Research Fellow, Arts & Humanities, Swansea University
and Visiting Lecturer (2012-2013), Dept English, Åbo Akademi University
dave.sayers at cantab.net
http://swansea.academia.edu/DaveSayers
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