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Understanding Aboriginal English in the Legal System: A Critical Sociolinguistics Approach

. Applied Linguistics, (2004)

Abstract

This paper reviews sociolinguistic work which has addressed the provision of justice for Aboriginal English (AE) speakers in Australia. It questions the assumptions about cultural and linguistic diversity and inequality which underlie this work, and proposes a critical sociolinguistic approach, which draws on social theory in the analysis of how language is involved in the failure of the legal system to deliver justice.

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