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Route Description in Iwaidja: Grammar and Conceptualisation of Motion
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Edmonds-Wathen, Cris – PNA, 2016
This study focussed on the effect of grammar of Iwaidja, an indigenous Australian language, on mathematical conceptualisation. It investigated route description in Iwaidja. Spatial concepts such as direction, height and movement in relation to another object are briefly described using examples. Differences between English and Iwaidja are used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Indigenous Populations