David Rose

Celebrating the diverse languages of Australia’s First Peoples, this book presents stories told by elders in eighteen languages from around the continent, and explores their patterns of meaning. The stories recount the experiences of the tellers and the histories of their communities, from tales of anti-colonial resistance to origin stories of the Dreaming. The book aims to make the languages...

Languages of Australia’s First Peoples in Narrative celebrates the diverse languages of Australia’s First Peoples. This book presents stories told by elders in eighteen languages from around the continent and explores their patterns of meaning. The stories recount the experiences of the tellers and histories of their communities, from tales of anti-colonial resistance to origin stories of the Dreaming. The...

This second edition of the best-selling textbook Working with Discourse has been revised and updated throughout. The book builds an accessible set of analytic tools that can be used to explore how speakers and writers construe meaning through discourse. These techniques are introduced in clear steps, through analyses of spoken, written and visual texts that focus on truth and reconciliation...