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Critical Discourse Analysis of Street Naming Practices in Bunbury, Western Australia
Zagreb: University of Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019. urn:nbn:hr:131:561757
Lipovac, Magdalena
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English language and literature

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Lipovac, M. (2019). Critical Discourse Analysis of Street Naming Practices in Bunbury, Western Australia (Master's thesis). Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:561757

Lipovac, Magdalena. "Critical Discourse Analysis of Street Naming Practices in Bunbury, Western Australia." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:561757

Lipovac, Magdalena. "Critical Discourse Analysis of Street Naming Practices in Bunbury, Western Australia." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:561757

Lipovac, M. (2019). 'Critical Discourse Analysis of Street Naming Practices in Bunbury, Western Australia', Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 18 February 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:561757

Lipovac M. Critical Discourse Analysis of Street Naming Practices in Bunbury, Western Australia [Master's thesis]. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2019 [cited 2025 February 18] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:561757

M. Lipovac, "Critical Discourse Analysis of Street Naming Practices in Bunbury, Western Australia", Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, 2019. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:561757

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TitleCritical Discourse Analysis of Street Naming Practices in Bunbury, Western Australia
AuthorMagdalena Lipovac
MentorMateusz-Milan Stanojević (mentor)
GranterUniversity of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English language and literature)
Zagreb
Defense date and country2019, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
This thesis deals with street naming practices in Bunbury, Western Australia. More specifically, Bunbury’s street name discourse has been analysed within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis in order to illuminate its relationship with the societal power structures that have been shaped by the town’s colonial history. To do so, we used a corpus of 593 street names whose origins and meanings are detailed in Bunbury’s street name register, provided by the town’s council. The results of our research reveal that a layer of European street names has been imposed upon the land, while the indigenous Noongar people have been denied representation. Such homogenous names introduce a Eurocentric version of history into the public discourse, serving as a means of its validation and an aid for the maintenance of existing power structures. As a vehicle for public commemoration, street names have been utilised to subjugate and marginalize the Noongar community, while the imperialist demand for the establishment of a European society prevailed.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:131:561757
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL
Course: Linguistics
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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