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dc.contributor.authorEades, Den
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Helen Beatriceen
dc.contributor.authorSiegel, Jeffen
dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Ten
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Bretten
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-04T16:06:00Z-
dc.date.issued2003-
dc.identifier.citationLanguage Policy, 2(2), p. 179-199en
dc.identifier.issn1573-1863en
dc.identifier.issn1568-4555en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1461-
dc.description.abstractThe authors of this report are five Australian experts in the fields of sociolinguistics, phonetics (analysis of accent or pronunciation) and language testing. Their report raises concerns about the "language analysis" that is being done by overseas agencies and that is being used by the Australian government in determining the nationality of refugee claimants, and concludes that "language analysis", as it is currently used, is not valid or reliable. It appears to be based on "folk views" about the relationship between language and nationality and ethnicity, rather than sound linguistic principles. The report found that: i) a person's nationality cannot always be determined by the language he or she speaks, ii) a few key words and their pronunciation normally cannot reveal a person's nationality or ethnicity, iii) common perceptions about pronunciation differences among groups of people cannot be relied upon, iv) any analysis of pronunciation must be based on thorough knowledge of the language and region in question and must involve detailed phonetic analysis. Furthermore, in a study of 58 Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) decisions in which this "language analysis" was at issue, it was found that there were doubts over its validity. The authors have grave concerns that the use of "language analysis" in the determination of nationality may be preventing Australia from properly discharging its responsibilities under the Refugees Convention and therefore call on the Australian Government to stop using this type of analysis.en
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dc.publisherSpringer Netherlandsen
dc.relation.ispartofLanguage Policyen
dc.titleLinguistic identification in the determination of nationality: A preliminary reporten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1024640612273en
dc.subject.keywordsLanguage in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)en
local.contributor.firstnameDen
local.contributor.firstnameHelen Beatriceen
local.contributor.firstnameJeffen
local.contributor.firstnameTen
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local.subject.for2008200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)en
local.subject.seo780106 Political science and public policyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Psychologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
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local.profile.emaildeades2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailhfraser@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailjsiegel@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailbbaker2@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
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local.publisher.placeNetherlandsen
local.format.startpage179en
local.format.endpage199en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume2en
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local.title.subtitleA preliminary reporten
local.contributor.lastnameEadesen
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local.title.maintitleLinguistic identification in the determination of nationalityen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorEades, Den
local.search.authorFraser, Helen Beatriceen
local.search.authorSiegel, Jeffen
local.search.authorMcNamara, Ten
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local.year.published2003en
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