A5087837333- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Language and cultural evolution
- Australian Indigenous Culture and History
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Historical Studies of British Isles
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health Services Management and Policy
- Medieval Literature and History
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Australian National University
2015-2024
St George's, University of London
2024
University of Turku
2023
Australian Research Council
2022
World Federation of Science Journalists
2022
National University College
2020
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
2018
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2018
University of Massachusetts Lowell
2017
University of Edinburgh
2012-2014
Abstract Talk of linguistic universals has given cognitive scientists the impression that languages are all built to a common pattern. In fact, there vanishingly few language in direct sense exhibit them. Instead, diversity can be found at almost every level organization. This fundamentally changes object enquiry from science perspective. target article summarizes decades cross-linguistic work by typologists and descriptive linguists, showing just how unprofound universal characteristics...
This article tests earlier claims about the universality of patterns polysemy and semantic extension in domain perception verbs. Utilizing data from a broad range (approx. 60) Australian languages, we address two hypothesized universals. The first is Viberg's (1984) proposed unidirectional pattern higher to lower sensory modalities (i.e. INTRAFIELD extensions, like 'see' > 'hear'). second universal that put forward by Sweetser (1990) regarding verbs cognition readings TRANSFIELD 'know'). She...
örneğin Pat Gabori
This article uses instrumental data from natural speech to examine the phenomenon of pause placement within verbal word in Dalabon, a polysynthetic Australian language Arnhem Land. Though is incipient and two sample texts occurs only around 4% verbs, there are clear possibilities for interrupting grammatical by after pronominal prefix some associated material at left edge, though these within-word pauses significantly shorter, on average, than those between words. Within-word not random, but...
abstract Human language offers rich ways to track, compare, and engage the attentional epistemic states of interlocutors. While this task is central everyday communication, our knowledge cross-linguistic grammatical means that target such intersubjective coordination has remained basic. In two serialised papers, we introduce term ‘engagement’ refer grammaticalised for encoding relative mental directedness speaker addressee towards an entity or state affairs, describe examples engagement...
While global patterns of human genetic diversity are increasingly well characterized, the languages remains less systematically described. Here, we outline Grambank database. With over 400,000 data points and 2400 languages, is largest comparative grammatical database available. The comprehensiveness allows us to quantify relative effects genealogical inheritance geographic proximity on structural world's evaluate constraints linguistic diversity, identify most unusual languages. An analysis...
▪ Abstract Using Australian languages as examples, cultural selection is shown to shape linguistic structure through invisible hand processes that pattern the unintended outcomes (structures in system of shared norms) intentional actions (particular utterances by individual agents). Examples emergence culturally patterned use are drawn from various levels: semantics lexicon, grammaticalized kin-related categories, and culture-specific organizations sociolinguistic diversity, such moiety...
The intonational typology of two Northern Australian languages, Dalabon and the Kundedjnjenghmi dialect Bininj Gun-wok, suggests that these languages can be analyzed within autosegmental-metrical framework intonation as having kinds events serve to demarcate boundaries phrases: pitch accents boundary tones. Both have also previously been described lexical stress. In this study, acoustic correlates syllables associated with accents, were measured, namely, F0, duration, RMS amplitude vowel...
Mundari, an Austroasiatic language of India (Munda family), has often been cited as example a without word classes, where single can function noun, verb, adjective, etc. according to the context. These claims, originating in 1903 grammar by missionary John Hoffmann, have recently repeated uncritically number typologists. In this article we review evidence for class fluidity, on basis careful analysis Hoffmann’s corpus well substantial new data, including large lexical sample at two levels...
Reciprocals are characterized by a crossover of thematic roles within single clause. Their peculiar semantics often creates special argument configurations not found in other clause types. While some languages either encode reciprocals clearly divalent, transitive clauses, or monovalent, intransitive others adopt more ambivalent solution. We develop typology valency/transitivity mismatches reciprocal constructions, based on sample Australian languages. These include: (i) monovalent clauses...
abstract Engagement systems encode the relative accessibility of an entity or state affairs to speaker and addressee , are thus underpinned by our social cognitive capacities. In first foray into engagement (Part 1), we focused on specialised semantic contrasts as found in entity-level deictic systems, tailored primal scenario for establishing joint attention. This second paper broadens out exploration at level events even metapropositions, comments how such may evolve. The languages Andoke...