A ustralia and A otearoa/ N ew Z ealand, Language Research in

Abstract

Focusing on ethnography as one of the defining characteristics of socially oriented language research, this entry surveys the relationship between language and communication and the role played by language in the cultural and social lives of individuals and communities in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. While much language research in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand has mirrored linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics internationally, distinctively different trends have also emerged, yielding a picture of language research that is oriented around indigenous languages, migrant languages and a range of sociopolitical issues.