Phraseology and Culture in English
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7. Conclusion
Aboriginal English is marked, then, by a significant number of multiword units which distinguish it from Australian English and from “Standard” varieties of English. While these units can be described in linguistic terms and illustrate the operation of processes common to language change in other contexts, they can also be described with reference to the attempt of the inheritors of a distinctive conceptual system to make the English system serve its demands rather than those of a system which is still, in many ways, foreign to them. The ability of English to serve these demands is, in our view, the key to its maintenance as a distinct variety in Aboriginal communities. Notes 1. Particular acknowledgement is made here of the insights provided by Glenys Collard, Eva Sahanna, Louella Eggington and Angela Kickett. 2. In Australia there are two main varieties of English-based creole spoken by Aboriginal people. The variety used in Western Australia is generally referred to as Kriol. 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