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Communication Before and After the Arrival of Whites Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies English Language and Literature Terezie Chýlová Australia: Communication Before And After the Arrival of Whites Bachelor‘s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: PhDr. Jitka Vlčková, Ph. D. 2010 I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently, using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. ……………………………………………. Terezie Chýlová I would like to thank my supervisor PhDr. Jitka Vlčková, PhD. for her help, support, guidance and valuable advice. Table of Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………… 2 1. Theory of Communication………………………………………......... 5 1.1. Communication As Viewed by Sociolinguistics ............................... 5 1.2. Communication As Viewed by Pragmatics …………….................. 9 1.3. Communication As Viewed by Cultural Anthropology................... 12 2. Characteristics of Aboriginal Communication ………....................... 17 2.1. Aborigines As a Contact Culture ……………………….................. 17 2.2. Body Language ………………………………………..................... 19 3. Communication Before the Arrival of Whites ………….................... 19 3.1. General Characteristics of Aboriginal Communication Before the Arrival of Whites …………….................... 21 3.2. Aboriginal Languages in Pre-contact Australia ……........................ 23 3.3. Women of the Sun: Alinta the Flame ………………….................... 25 4. Communication After the Arrival of Whites …………....................... 29 4.1. First Contact …………………………………………...................... 29 4.2. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith ......................…............................. 31 4.3. The Fringe Dwellers …………………………………...................... 36 4.4. Rabbit-proof Fence …………………………………........................ 38 4.5. Samson and Delilah …………………………………....................... 40 4.6. Aboriginal Languages and Aboriginal Engllish After the Arrival of Whites …………………………………............................. 42 Conclusion .................................................................................................... 46 Resumé in English ....................................................................................... 48 Resumé v češtině .......................................................................................... 49 Works Cited ................................................................................................. 50 1 Introduction Communication is a tool we use every day without even thinking about it. Yet there are many factors that determine whether communication will be successful or not, factors that influence communication. In other words, it is a complex process. The aim of my thesis is to analyse and contrast communication of Aborigines before and after the white settlement and also communication between Aborigines and whites from the point of view of the communication theories. I will look at both non-verbal and verbal communication of Aborigines and I will compare it and contrast with communication between Aborigines and whites. For my analysis I have chosen the film The Women of the Sun: Alinta the Flame for communication before the arrival of whites and the book The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and the films The Fringe Dwellers, Rabbit-proof Fence and Samson and Delilah for communication after the arrival of whites. The first chapter is devoted to the theoretical background of communication. I will describe communication from the point of view of the communication theories, namely sociolunguistics, pragmatics and cultural anthropology. I will describe different principles of these theories which I will be using in my thesis. In the second chapter I will introduce the main aspects of Aboriginal communication – the features common in high contact cultures, and body language, the most significant part of Aboriginal communication. The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate the importance of body language in their communication and the complexity of it. The third chapter deals with communication before the arrival of whites, i.e. with Aboriginal communication before 1788. I will elaborate on their non-verbal communication and I will also discuss verbal communication. Aboriginal languages 2 form a separate subchapter; they are one of the most apparent changes in Aboriginal communication after the white settlement, as will be demonstrated in the fourth chapter. The last part of the third chapter is devoted to the film Women of the Sun: Alinta the Flame; I analyse body language and verbal communication shown in the film using the communication principles mentioned in the first chapter. The aim of the third chapter is, as the name suggests, the analysis of communication of Aborigines before the white settlement. I would like to say that every film I analyse in this thesis is introduced by a short summary of the plot for better understanding. The fourth chapter is devoted both to communication of Aborigines after the arrival of whites and to communication between Aborigines and whites. First of all I will describe the first contact of Aborigines and whites and the first communication. Afterwards I will analyse communication in the book The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and in the films The Fringe Dwellers, Rabbit-proof Fence and Samson and Delilah. The very last part of the fourth chapter is devoted to Aboriginal languages and Aboriginal English, both to the development after the white settlement and to the current situation. The aim of this chapter can be divided into two parts: the first one is analysis of communication of Aborigines after the white settlement and observation of changes in it – changes in non-verbal and verbal communication, including Aboriginal languages and Aboriginal English. And the second part is the analysis of communication between Aborigines and whites; the reason why I deal with communication between Aborigines and whites is because on the one hand ―white‖ communication has influenced communication of Aborigines and on the other hand we will be able to understand changes in Aboriginal communication only if we know communication between Aborigines and whites. The intention of my thesis is to show how considerably Aboriginal 3 communication has changed after the arrival of whites and to demonstrate that communication between Aborigines and whites is often unsuccessful due to the feeling of superiority of whites and because of the differences between their cultures. I would like to point out that communication is such a broad topic that it is impossible to cover everything within the scope of my thesis; therefore I will only analyse some apparent aspects of it. 4 1. Theory of Communication Communication is a phenomenon we encounter every day; it is a substantial part of our lives. However, it is a complex issue governed by certain rules and influenced by many factors, for instance social factors or culture. In this chapter I will examine such rules and factors within the scope of different communication theories. But first of all, it is essential to define what communication actually is. The word communication derives from the Latin verb communicare, which means ‗to share‘, ʻto make commonʻ. When we communicate, we make things common. By making things common, we increase our shared knowledge or ʻcommon sense‘; common sense is a precondition for every community (Rosengren 1). Thus the importance of communication in society is unquestionable. As communication is a complex phenomenon, different communication theories developed. The theories provide us with better understanding of communication as such and of the principles that are applied to it. The following subchapters are devoted to relevant issues in sociolinguistics, pragmatics and cultural anthropology; I will describe communication from the point of view of each of these fields. 1.1. Communication As Viewed By Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics is a field dealing with the relationship between language and society. It examines social factors that influence language, the way language is used in different social interactions, social functions of language etc. (Holmes 1). The following terms and definitions are basic concepts of sociolinguistics; they are important for understanding how society influences communication among participants of a conversation. 5 Social factors and social dimensions There are certain social factors that are relevant in conversation: the participants, the setting, the topic and the function (purpose of the conversation) (Holmes 9-10). In addition to these factors, social dimensions are of importance as well: the social distance, the status scale, the formality scale, the functional scale. The social distance is a definite sign of how much we know the person we are talking to; it also influences our linguistic choice. Intimate distance implies high solidarity, whereas long distance implies low solidarity (Holmes 9-10). The status scale is also a relevant factor of linguistic choice: someone of a low status, the subordinate, will talk with someone of a high status, the superior, in a different way than they would talk with someone of the same status; for example a speaker who sees himself/herself as lower status tends to address a higher-status speaker by a title and a last name (for instance Mr Clinton, Dr Dang) (Yule 59). The formality scale determines whether our linguistic choice will be formal or informal, depending on the social setting (Holmes 9-10). Finally, the functional scale indicates the purpose of the conversation: a friendly chat, a talk with a
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