A5088750767- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Language and cultural evolution
- Australian Indigenous Culture and History
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Physics and Engineering Research Articles
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- African history and culture analysis
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Disaster Response and Management
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
The University of Melbourne
2012-2025
Australian National University
2018-2023
La Trobe University
2010-2021
DePaul University
2016
Radboud University Nijmegen
2009
Wright State University
2002
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...
All educational testing is intended to have consequences, which are assumed be beneficial, but tests may also unintended, negative consequences (Messick, 1989). The issue particularly important in the case of large-scale standardized tests, such as Australia’s National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), benefits increased accountability improved outcomes. NAPLAN purpose comparable that other state national ‘core skills’ programs, evaluate cross-sections populations order...
Abstract At Warruwi, a remote Australian Indigenous community, people use range of languages on daily basis. Adults speak three to eight and these high levels multilingualism are out step with current trends which see most communities shifting single variety be it English, contact or traditional language. The widely spoken at Warruwi quite dissimilar as they belong separate language families. This article discusses characteristics that likely play role in supporting the found there:...
On June 22nd 1916, Reverend James Watson was brought to Warruwi in a canoe by group of Maningpurru people. A re‐enactment this event staged at the beach called Angpungijpa or Watson's Landing on 2016. The performers wore either yellow blue t‐shirt and two colours were interpreted many participants as representing languages Mawng Kunwinjku. In interpreting t‐shirts, people made direct connection between language identity, invoking ‘language tribe’ (Rumsey 1993). other contexts, however,...
The region of the ancient Sahul continent (present day Australia and New Guinea, surrounding islands) is home to extreme linguistic diversity. Even apart from huge Austronesian language family, which spread into area after breakup in Holocene, there are hundreds languages many apparently unrelated families. On each subcontinents, generally accepted classification recognizes one large, widespread family a number unrelatable smaller If these families related other, it at depth inaccessible...
Abstract Language is one of the most complex human traits. There are many hypotheses about how it originated, what factors shaped its diversity, and ongoing processes drive changes. We present Causal Hypotheses in Evolutionary Linguistics Database (CHIELD, https://chield.excd.org/), a tool for expressing, exploring, evaluating hypotheses. It allows researchers to integrate multiple theories into coherent narrative, helping design future research. goals, formal specification, an...
Abstract This paper presents the design rationale and pilot demonstration of GramAdapt Social Contact questionnaire; a research tool developed for collecting global comparative sociolinguistic data on language contact scenarios. The questionnaire is qualitative with quantitative potential, inviting community experts to provide best-assessment answers questions about social in their communities expertise. main purpose compare scenarios, however can also be broad survey any given situation as...
The two main types of nominal classification systems in Australian languages — classifiers and genders are usually easy to distinguish both formally functionally. However, the language Mawng, gender agreement carries much burden reference, varies depending on how an entity is construed, contributes elements compositional meaning discourse, with properties associated rather than genders. way that semantically-based used Mawng suggests we need add our typologies systems; existing consider...
A range of intonational devices can be used in the grammar information and corrective focus marking languages with relatively free word order.In this paper we explore whether nouns Australian Indigenous language Mawng are realised differently depending on syntactic function focus.Results show that pitch level associated Subjects is higher conditions compared to other utterance contexts there a strong correlation between position.Placing context does not appear have an effect duration corpus...
English noun-verb idioms such as spill the beans combine a verb with noun which appears to be an argument but does not refer actual discourse participant. Noun-verb are likely universal there two related types of not. In first, referred idiomatic noun-incorporation, argument-like element is incorporated into verb. An example Bininj Gun-wok expression -dalk-ngun die, combines -ngun eat -dalk- grass. second, bound pronominal in fixed gender features. Mawng -marrajpu walk, always has Land...
The spatial structure, age structure and population dynamics of the shrub Kunzea ericoides (A. Rich.) J. Thompson were investigated at Coranderrk Reserve, near Healesville, Victoria, Australia. is known to be invasive in many areas and, although indigenous reserve, has greatly increased its size distribution within reserve past 30 years. Dendrochronology showed a constant relationship between stem diameter for K. reserve. variable was by use correlograms results suggested that spreading via...
This article argues that the primary function of nominal classifiers which have a strong semantic basis is to mediate selectional restrictions. Nominal do part work usually done by restrictions; selecting relevant sense verb and narrowing down range possible arguments. In Australian language Mawng (Iwaidjan, Australia), gender agreement in provides good evidence for role classification mediating distinguishes five genders plays key verb. fact, sometimes does not match corresponding argument...