A N N U A L CONFERENCE Adelaide | 2018

Welcome to the 2018 annual conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, proudly hosted by the University of South Australia!We are delighted to welcome you to Adelaide and the University of South Australia (UniSA) for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society. UniSA is South Australia’s largest university and one of Australia’s top young universities. It was ranked 3rd in Australia in the 2018 Young University Rankings and 25th in the 2019 World’s Top 50 under 50 University Rankings. Research strengths in linguistics at UniSA predominantly encompass psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics as well as applied linguistics.

This year’s ALS conference promises to deliver a range of engaging presentations and workshops, with an overarching focus on interdisciplinary linguistic research. This is evident not only from the range of topics covered in the thematic workshops, but also from the diversity of the regular conference presentations.

We are proud to be hosting three pre-conference training workshops on a diverse range of topics: linguistics communication, using EEG to conduct language-related research, and bridging the gap between linguistics and schools. These complement an exciting range of additional workshops throughout the conference proper.

Furthermore, we are particularly pleased to be welcoming two outstanding international keynote speakers: Professor Petra Schumacher and Professor Walter Bisang. Petra Schumacher is Professor of German Linguistics and Empirical Linguistics at the University of Cologne, Germany. She is internationally known for her ground-breaking work on experimental pragmatics and is Director of the German Research Foundation’s Priority Program “XPrag.de”. Walter Bisang is Professor of General Linguistics and Linguistic Typology at the University of Mainz, Germany. A leading authority in East and South-East Asian languages, he is also currently one of the most influential researchers in the domain of grammatical complexity.

We would like to thank everyone who has been involved in making ALS 2018 possible. We are particularly grateful to Angela Osborn, who has played an instrumental role in organising the conference. We would also like to thank: all of our volunteers, without whom we could not have made this event happen; the workshop organisers, Gretchen McCulloch, Alex Chatburn, Jean Mulder, Robert Amery, Joshua Brown, Manuel Delicado Cantero, Kleanthes Grohmann, Robert Mailhammer, and Clara Stockigt along with the Society for the History of Linguistics in the Pacific. Finally, thanks to the ALS committee and particularly Mark Harvey, Robert Mailhammer, Daniel Krauße and Caron Chen, as well as to UniSA’s School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy for sponsoring the conference.

We acknowledge that the land on which the ALS conference is held is the traditional lands for the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their Country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.

We hope that you enjoy this year’s ALS conference in the beautiful city of Adelaide!

Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky & Matthias Schlesewsky

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Need Assistance? If you need any assistance during your time at the conference, come to the registration desk (ground floor foyer of the Jeffrey Smart Building), which will be open for the entire conference. Or you can speak to one of our friendly volunteers, identifiable by their conference t-shirts. We are here to help!

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UniSA’s City West Campus comprises multiple modern, innovative buildings across Adelaide north-western quadrant. The map below shows the conference venues. For a more detailed map of the entirety of the City West Campus, head to: http://www.unisa.edu.au/contentassets/2155b418dead4b03bcd7f92a680 00461/9323-cwe-campus-map-v4.pdf

For an access map, head to: http://www.unisa.edu.au/siteassets/episerver-6-files/global/student-life/experience/cw-22jan2017.pdf or pick up a copy from the registration desk.

Jeffrey Smart Building (JS): Registration desk, all morning/afternoon tea and lunches, pre-conference workshops 1-3, and workshops 4-7, poster gala, and National Indigenous Languages Report Survey

Museum of Discovery, a.k.a. MOD.: Welcome reception

Sir Hans Heysen Building (HH): Official Welcome, open talks (all streams), ALS AGM, and closing session

1Hawke Building (H): Keynote sessions

Barbara Hanrahan Building (BH): Book launch, and workshop 8, ground floor (level 2) entry from northern external aspect

Security / FM Assist (in Jeffrey Smart Building): For all security concerns, and first aid

Sir George Kingston Building (GK): Prayer rooms in rooms GK25/26, ground floor (level 2), external entry at northern aspect, just off George St

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WiFi WiFi is available for all conference guests. You should have received an email about your WiFi access, but if you experience any difficulties, please attend to the registration desk.

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UniSA’s City West Campus comprises multiple modern, innovative buildings across Adelaide north-western quadrant. The map below shows the conference venues. For a more detailed map of the entirety of the City West Campus, head to: http://www.unisa.edu.au/contentassets/2155b418dead4b03bcd7f92a680 00461/9323-cwe-campus-map-v4.pdf

For an access map, head to: http://www.unisa.edu.au/siteassets/episerver-6-files/global/student-life/experience/cw-22jan2017.pdf or pick up a copy from the registration desk.

Jeffrey Smart Building (JS): Registration desk, all morning/afternoon tea and lunches, pre-conference workshops 1-3, and workshops 4-7, poster gala, and National Indigenous Languages Report Survey

Museum of Discovery, a.k.a. MOD.: Welcome reception

Sir Hans Heysen Building (HH): Official Welcome, open talks (all streams), ALS AGM, and closing session

1Hawke Building (H): Keynote sessions

Barbara Hanrahan Building (BH): Book launch, and workshop 8, ground floor (level 2) entry from northern external aspect

Security / FM Assist (in Jeffrey Smart Building): For all security concerns, and first aid

Sir George Kingston Building (GK): Prayer rooms in rooms GK25/26, ground floor (level 2), external entry at northern aspect, just off George St

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UniSA’s City West Campus comprises multiple modern, innovative buildings across Adelaide north-western quadrant. The map below shows the conference venues. For a more detailed map of the entirety of the City West Campus, head to: http://www.unisa.edu.au/contentassets/2155b418dead4b03bcd7f92a680 00461/9323-cwe-campus-map-v4.pdf

For an access map, head to: http://www.unisa.edu.au/siteassets/episerver-6-files/global/student-life/experience/cw-22jan2017.pdf or pick up a copy from the registration desk.

Jeffrey Smart Building (JS): Registration desk, all morning/afternoon tea and lunches, pre-conference workshops 1-3, and workshops 4-7, poster gala, and National Indigenous Languages Report Survey

Museum of Discovery, a.k.a. MOD.: Welcome reception

Sir Hans Heysen Building (HH): Official Welcome, open talks (all streams), ALS AGM, and closing session

1Hawke Building (H): Keynote sessions

Barbara Hanrahan Building (BH): Book launch, and workshop 8, ground floor (level 2) entry from northern external aspect

Security / FM Assist (in Jeffrey Smart Building): For all security concerns, and first aid

Sir George Kingston Building (GK): Prayer rooms in rooms GK25/26, ground floor (level 2), external entry at northern aspect, just off George St

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Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH): For medical emergencies call 000 Terry White Chemmart at RAH: Open 10am - 3pm Sunday, 8am - 6:30pm weekdays

Pharmacy: Superpharmacy open 8am - 6pm weekdays (closed Sunday)

Adelaide Metro Info Centre: For all public transport enquiries

ATMs: There are many!

Supermarket/Convenience Stores: (or head to Rundle Mall for Woolworths and Coles)

Rundle Mall: Shopping precinct

North Terrace Cultural Precinct: with the South Australian Museum, State Library of South Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Botanic Garden and more

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Cumberland Arms Hotel (“The Cumby”): location of conference dinner - remember to bring your ticket!

Peter Rabbit: Quality coffee, food, liquor, & garden. Seriously, you can dine in the garden. How lovely.

Phat Café: Breezy café with coffee & light meals

Fairweather: Quality coffee, gorgeous seasonal breakfast & lunch (next to Sunny’s Pizza)

Sunny’s Pizza: Delicious pizza & liquor. The eggplant pizza changed my life. I’m not even kidding.

Cry Baby: Bar (near Fairweather & Sunny’s). Apparently has a hipster dive bar feel. I don’t know what that means though.

New India Restaurant: Really great Indian food, dine in or take away (next to Phonatic)

Phonatic: Vietnamese lunch & dinner, industrial décor. Open until 12am, for when you know it’s past your bedtime but you’re craving pho.

Bank Street Social: Rustic-chic basement bar. Look for BSS on the wooden door and head downstairs.

Peel St: Yes, it’s the name of the street, but it’s also the name of a restaurant with delicious food. Confusing, I know.

Clever Little Tailor: Not actually a tailor. Cosy hipster bar near Peel St (the restaurant) on Peel St (the street, which notably also has many other great bars and eateries)

Hains & Co: Bar known for its whisky & cigars. Great for spirits-loving hipsters who appreciate a good nautical theme.

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Transport City West is easily accessible by public transport, with many buses stopping on North Terrace and Currie Street. Trams can also be caught from North Terrace, and the Adelaide Railway Station is only a short walk away (approximately 650m). For information about all forms of public transport in Adelaide, including a journey planning tool, please see the Adelaide Metro website https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/. Information about tickets and fares can be found here: https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/Tickets-fares

Adelaide Metro runs bus routes from the airport to the CBD. Travelling by bus from the airport to the City West precinct will take approximately 30-40 minutes, although this is very variable depending on traffic. Please check the bus timetable and allow plenty of time for your journey. The timetable of bus services to and from the airport can be found here: https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/content/download/655/56891/file/J1-J1X-J3-163- 164_ttable_routemap_17-12-17.pdf and further information is available on the Adelaide Metro website.

The National Indigenous Languages Report (NILR) The National Indigenous Languages Report (NILR) builds on the legacy of the National Indigenous Languages Surveys (NILS1 and NILS2). The first NILS Report (NILS1) was published in 2005 (McConvell, Marmion, & McNicol) and attempted to describe the state of Indigenous languages in Australia. It was largely a quantitative report on the number of Indigenous languages and their endangerment classification. The second NILS report (NILS2) was released in 2014 (Marmion, Obata, & Troy) and focussed on surveying language attitudes and activities. NILS2 was largely a qualitative report. The differing focus between NILS1 and NILS2 resulted in differing methodologies. NILS1 and NILS2 fed into language information displayed in AUSTLANG, and NILR is expected to add updated data.

NILR also presents the opportunity for providing consistency. It is planned to be released in late 2019. It is a qualitative and quantitative report that brings together the 2005 and 2014 methodologies and provides a consistent framework for work in the future. NILR has been designed with three pillars focusing on three research questions:

1. Pillar Lead: AIATSIS:What is the state of Indigenous languages in Australia?

2. Pillar Lead: ANU:What are the benefits for Australia flowing from language strengtheningactivities?

3. Pillar Lead: Cox Inall Ridgeway:How are Commonwealth Indigenous languages policies and programsperforming?

References AIATIS. (2018). AUSTLANG. Retrieved from Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies: http://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/search Marmion, D., Obata, K., & Troy, J. (2014). Community, identity, wellbeing: The report of the Second National

Indigenous Languages Survey. Retrieved from Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies: http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/products/report_research_outputs/2014-report-of-the-2nd-national-indigenous-languages-survey.pdf

McConvell, P., Marmion, D., & McNicol, S. (2005). National Indigenous Languages Survey Report 2005. Retrieved from Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies: https://aiatsis.gov.au/publications/products/national-indigenous-languages-survey-report-2005

UNESCO. (2003, March 10-12). Language Vitality and Endangerment. Retrieved from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CLT/pdf/Language_vitality_and_endangerment_EN.pdf

There’s so much more to see and do in Adelaide… For more information on things to see and do in Adelaide check out the following websites:

• https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/explore-the-city• https://southaustralia.com/places-to-go/adelaide/food-and-drink/• https://adelaidevisitorguide.partica.online/adelaide-visitor-guide/2018-adelaide-visitor-guide/flipbook/1/• https://southaustralia.com/plan-your-trip/maps-and-brouchures/

AIATSIS is deploying a survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages between November 2018 and March 2019 and is seeking Australianist linguists to participate in this survey. The AIATSIS NILR team will be available at the ground floor of the Jeffrey Smart Building near registration and catering for the entire duration of the ALS 2018 conference to guide participation in the NILR survey. The survey can also be found at the AIATSIS website here: https://aiatsis.gov.au/research/resea rch-themes/languages-and-cultural-expression/national-indigenous-languages-report-nilr

Professor Petra Schumacher (Monday, Dec 10th, 2 pm, H2-16)

Referential functions and the construction of prominence profiles

Referential expressions are essential ingredients for information processing. Speakers use particular referential forms to convey different discourse functions and thus shape the 'prominence profile' that organizes referents in discourse representation. The prominence profile, i.e. the ranking of the referential candidates, feeds into expectations for upcoming discourse referents and interacts with the choice of referential forms (e.g., less informative referential forms are more likely to refer to more prominent referents). The prominence profile can further be changed as discourse unfolds, i.e. certain referential expressions such as demonstratives can raise the prominence status of their referents. The talk discusses various cues that contribute to the dynamic construction of prominence profiles and presents evidence for the different referential functions from behavioral and event-related potential studies.

Professor Walter Bisang (Wednesday, Dec 12th, 9 am, H2-16)

Manifestations of complexity in grammar and discourse

Linguistic discussions on complexity come in various shades. Some models are based on cognitive costs and difficulty of acquisition, others look at the properties of the form by which grammatical distinctions are expressed and connected, yet another group of linguists focus on recursion and merge and, finally, complexity can be measured in terms of algorithmic information theory.

What is common to the above approaches is their concentration on linguistic form. In my presentation, I argue that form is only one side of complexity. If one looks at complexity from the perspective of the two competing motivations of explicitness vs. economy the form side can be seen as the result of explicitness, while there is a second side which is based on economy and the pragmatic inference of grammatical information which is available in the grammar of individual languages. The former type of complexity will be called overt complexity, the latter economy-based type will be called hidden complexity (Bisang 2009, 2014, 2015). Hidden complexity manifests itself in the omission of contextually inferable grammatical marking and the multifunctionality of individual grammatical markers.

More concretely, I show the functioning of hidden complexity and the relevance of discourse with examples from East and mainland Southeast Asian languages (EMSEA). Since there is a large number of examples, I limit myself to phenomena like (i) radical pro-drop, (ii) the tense-aspect marker -le in Chinese, (iii) numeral classifiers as markers of definiteness and indefiniteness and (iv) the specifics of grammaticalization and multifunctionality. As a result, it will turn out that hidden complexity often comes with (i) a different division of labour between grammar and the lexicon (also cf. Xing 2015) and (ii) that even highly grammaticalized markers still express important discourse functions. If hidden complexity is dominant in a large number of grammatical domains this also affects some basic properties of grammaticalization and the results it can produce.

If the ability of perspective taking and the formation of a Theory of Mind are seen as crucial for the evolution of language, pragmatic inference is a very important factor which should also have its effects on how grammar works. In such a view, its properties must be seen as a combination of pragmatic inference (economy) and form (explicitness). As a consequence, it is to be expected that the encoding of information in terms of omission and multifunctionality is subject to cross-linguistic variation in individual domains of the grammar of individual languages. In extreme cases with many such instances, this may induce simple-looking surface structures which can only be adequately understood from the background of hidden complexity.

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Sunday 9 December 12:00 noon Registration desk opens (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

13:00 Preconference Workshop 1: Preconference Workshop 2: Preconference Workshop 3:

13:00–14:40 #LingComm: A crash course in effective linguistics communication to non-linguists for grant-writing, interdisciplinary research, non-academic jobs, public outreach, and more

Gretchen McCulloch Internet Linguist, & co-creator of the popular podcast, Lingthusiasm

JS5-12, Jeffrey Smart Building

How to speak EEG: An introduction to using EEG in linguistics research

Alex Chatburn University of South Australia

JS3-13B, Jeffrey Smart Building

Building bridges between linguistics and schools Chair: Jean Mulder University of Melbourne JS3-13A, Jeffrey Smart Building 13:00 - 13:10 Jean Mulder Introduction 13:10 - 13:40 Stephanie Woerde ‘Talking the Walk’ - Reconciliation in schools and early learning 13:40 - 14:10 Jean Mulder & Maria Karidakis Grammar in the F-10 English curriculum - supporting teachers’ knowledge

14:10 - 14:40 Julie Reid F-10 Victorian Aboriginal Languages and VCEIndigenous Languages of Victoria: Revival & Reclamation - A Linguist’s Experiences

14:40–15:10 Afternoon tea Jeffrey Smart Building, ground floor

15:10–16:30 Preconference Workshop 1 continued Preconference Workshop 2 continued Preconference Workshop 3 continued: 15:10 - 15:40 Elisabeth Mayer OzCLO and language puzzles and linguistics in the classroom 15:40 - 16:10 David Moore Iwerre: Building tracks into language professions in Aboriginal languages 16:10 - 16:30 Kate Burridge Future Directions

17:00–19:00 Reception at MOD. Location: North Terrace, adjacent Morphett Street Bridge

Evening No scheduled events, see information booklet for restaurant recommendations

Monday 10 December 08:00 Registration desk opens (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

09:10 Welcome Location: HH 4-08, Sir Hans Heysen Building

09:30 Parallel sessions Workshop 4

Open Talks: Stream 1 HH 3-08, Sir Hans Heysen Building

Open Talks: Stream 2 HH 3-09, Sir Hans Heysen Building

Indigenous Languages Training and Career Paths Organisers: Robert Amery & Mary-Anne Gale JS4-11, Jeffrey Smart Building

09:30–10:00 Alexandra Grey

The place of the Zhuang minority language in Chinese universities

Evan Kidd, Rachel Nordlinger, & Gabriela Garrido RodríguezAn experimental study of word order in Murrinhpatha

9:30 – 9:35 Jack Buckskin or Kira Bain Welcome to Country 9:35 – 9:45 Robert Amery & Mary-Anne Gale Introductions and outline of program 9:45 – 10:00 Mari Rhydwen & Kerrie Ann Jarrett What do you have to do to become a teacher of your (reclamation) language?

10:00–10:30 Edith Kirlew Family-level domain knowledge improves automated cognate alignment

Martin Schweinberger

A corpus-based analysis of the Australian English and New Zealand English amplifier systems

10:00 – 10:15 Andrew Tanner RNLD’s Documenting and Revitalising indigenous Languages (DRIL) Training Program for language workers 10:15 – 10:30 John Giacon The Australian Indigenous Languages Institute (AILI)

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10:30–11:00 Awatif Alshammri Evaluating representations of culture in English Language textbooks in Saudi Arabia

Narah Lee

Age as a driving force in referential choices for first and second person in spoken Korean

10:30 – 10:45 Michelle Willsher & Paola Fischer Supporting Indigenous language and linguistic education through Batchelor Institute 10:45 – 11:00 Samantha Disbray, plus Gretel MacDonald & Barbara Martin (via Skype) The Warlpiri Triangle workshops & Jinta-jarrimi (becoming one) for Warlpiri educators in NT Bilingual Education Programs

11:00–11:30 Morning tea (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

11:30–12:00 Paper withdrawn Matthias Schlesewsky & Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky The relative clause conspiracy University of South Australia

11:30 – 11:45 Jack Buckskin & Kira Bain Training the Trainer

11:45 – 12:00 Mary-Anne Gale & Phyllis Williams Learning and Teaching Aboriginal Languages in SA through the TAFE sector with the Certificates III & IV

12:00–12:30 Maria Karidakis Interpreting in medical settings: Strategies and challenges for effective cross-cultural interpreting for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients

Ingmar Brilmayer, Beatrice Primus, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, & Matthias Schlesewsky

The exceptional role of the first person: Evidence from natural story processing

12:00 – 12:15 Kaelene McMillan Reflections on 15 years of teaching Adnyamathanha in the TAFE sector with the Certificates III & IV 12:15 – 12:30 SA Languages Project Officers Report on the situation in SA regarding the training & recognition of Aboriginal language teachers in SA schools

12:30–13:00 Yilu Yang Intermingling language use by school-aged Chinese Australians: An analysis from the dual-track perspective

Ira Kurthen, Jolanda Galbier, Moritz Daum, & Martin Meyer The role of cortical oscillations during speech processing in older adults with hearing loss

Group discussion and resolutions

13:00–14:00 Lunch (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

14:00–15:00 Keynote 1: Petra Schumacher, University of Cologne Allan Scott Auditorium, H2-16, Hawke Building

15:00–15:15 Brief break to get to next session

15:15 Parallel sessions

Open Talks: Stream 3 HH 3-08, Sir Hans Heysen Building

Open Talks: Stream 4 HH 3-09, Sir Hans Heysen Building

15:15–15:45 Stacey Sherwood, Robert Mailhammer, & Mark Antoniou Identity trumps linguistic experience: the case of yeah-no in Australian English

Mohamed Yassine Frej, Christopher Carignan, & Catherine T. Best

Estimation of closure duration for absolute word-initial geminate/singleton coronal stops in Moroccan Arabic using ultrasound

15:45–16:15 Nick Wilson Sociolinguistic Variation and Change in Australian English Definite Article Allomorphy

Sasha Wilmoth & John Mansfield Metrical structure in Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara

16:15–16:45 Alyssa A. Severin The use of stupid* and dumb* in online metalinguistic discourse

Patrick McConvell Contact between northern Australian and Austronesian Languages: Sound change as evidence of chronology in the late Holocene

17:00–19:00 Poster Gala & Student Showcase JS4 – 12A&B, Jeffrey Smart Building, Drinks and nibbles provided

Evening No scheduled events, see information booklet for restaurant recommendations

Day 2: Tuesday 11 December 08:30 Registration desk opens (location: ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

09:00 Parallel sessions Workshop 5 Workshop 6

Open Talks: Stream 5 HH3-08, Sir Hans Heysen Building

Multifaceted multilingualism: Language, cognition, and communication Organiser: by Kleanthes Grohmann JS4-12A, Jeffrey Smart Building

Romance linguistics in Australasia: Current models and new trends Organisers: Joshua Brown & Manuel Delicado Cantero JS4-12B, Jeffrey Smart Building

09:00–09:30 Daniel Krauße & Mark Harvey Coverb stacking in Wagiman

09:00 - 09:55 James A. Walker, with John Hajek, Debbie Loakes, Chloe Diskin, & Gerry Docherty

The sociolinguistics of urban multilingualism: Toronto and Melbourne

Manuel Delicado Cantero & Joshua Brown Prepositions and complementisers in Romance: a diachronic view from Italian

09:30–10:00 Stephen Morey The rapid acquisition (and loss) of grammatical categories - the case of the Tangsa verb system

Carlos-Eduardo Piñeros Homogeneous and heterogeneous referentiality in Spanish personal pronouns

10:00–10:30 Mitchell Browne Now then: another analysis of =lku in Warlpiri and Warlmanpa

09:55 - 10:30 Peter Siemund On the advantages and disadvantages

John Hajek & Agnese Bresin Investigating pragmatic behaviours in Italy: Address, family and regional variation

10:30–11:00 Morning tea (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

11:00–11:30 John Mansfield & Nicholas Reid

Epistemic stance marking in Murrinhpatha and Ngan’gi

Workshop 5 continued: 11:00 - 11:35 Cheng-Xiang Yang & Yen-Liang Lin The influences of cognitive load on co-speech and co-thought gestures for conceptualization

Workshop 6 continued: Elisabeth Mayer Clitics at the crossroads: The morphology-syntax interface

11:30–12:00 Kate Charlwood & Rachel Nordlinger

Morph order vs word order: polysynthetic languages in relation to word-order typology

11:35 - 12:30 Peter Mickan Barossa German language documentation, maintenance and revival: A Sprachinsel in South Australia

11:30 - 12:00 Vincenzo Galata, Cinzia Avesani, Mario Vayra, Bruno Di Biase, and Catherine Best Italian roots in Australian soil (IRIAS): Tracing regional linguistic heritage in a speech corpus of Italo-Australian trilinguals

12:00–12:30 James Bednall Temporal reference, categorisation and deixis in Anindilyakwa (Gunwinyguan, Australia)

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Lunch ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building) and Book Launches (BH2-16, entrance direct from north aspect of Barbara Hanrahan Building)

13:30–14:00 Open Talks: Stream 6 HH 3-08, Sir Hans Heysen Building Jane Simpson Verbs of speech and noise-making in central and northern Australian languages

Workshop 5 (Multifaceted multilingualism) continued: 13:30 - 14:05 Amanda Eads Syrian–Lebanese in Grand Rapids, Michigan: Ethnic identity construction through chronotopes of nostalgia

14:00–14:30 Daniel Krauße & Catriona Malau Typologically rare cause-effect constructions in Vurës

14:05 - 15:00 Iain Giblin, with Stephen Crain, Jiawei Shi & Peng ZhouNominal recursion in child language 14:30–15:00 Mijke Mulder

Definiteness in Muklom (Tibeto-Burman) 15:00–15:30 Afternoon tea (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

15:30–16:00 Forrest Panther, Mark Harvey, Myfany Turpin, & Harold Koch

The Constituency of the Verb Phrase in Kaytetye: Associated Path Workshop 5 continued: 15:30 - 16:00 Weifeng Han Syntax, I hate or I syntax hate? The role of L1 bidialectism in L2 syntax–semantics acquisition: An implication to bilingual DLD assessment

16:00–16:30 Naijing Liu Information Structure in Tsum: when lexical phonology encounters information packaging.

16:00 - 16:30 Stephanie Durrleman, with Eleni Baldimtsi, Eleni Peristeri, & Ianthi Tsimpli Bilingualism matters: A study of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder

16:30–17:00 Cliff Goddard Minimal languages and cross-translatability

16:30 - 17:15 Maria Kambanaros Compounds: Words at the semantics–pragmatics interface. Interpretation by child with Autism Spectrum Disorder and adults with Alzheimer's disease 17:00–17:30 Break

17:30–19:00 Australian Linguistic Society Annual General Meeting HH4-08, Sir Hans Heysen Building

19:30 Conference dinner (registration essential - don’t forget to bring your ticket!): Cumberland Arms Hotel, 205 Waymouth Street, Adelaide

Day 3: Wednesday 12 December 08:30 Registration desk opens (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

09:00–10:00 Keynote 2: Walter Bisang, University of Mainz Allan Scott Auditorium, H2-16, Hawke Building

10:00–10:30 Morning tea (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

10:30 Parallel sessions Workshop 7 Workshop 8

Open Talks: Stream 7 HH 3-08, Sir Hans Heysen Building

Open Talks: Stream 8 HH 3-09, Sir Hans Heysen Building

Language processing and language change Organiser: Robert Mailhammer JS4-11, Jeffrey Smart Building

New challenges in Missionary Linguistics: An introduction Otto Zwartjes, with Clara Stockigt BH2-16, Barbara Hanrahan Building

10:30–11:00 Jayden L. Macklin-Cordes & Erich R. Round Phylogeny in phonotactics: A multivariate approach for stronger historical signal

Pier Marco Bertinetto & Luca Ciucci

Derivational morphology in Zamucoan

Robert Mailhammer & Elena Smirnova

Processing as a cause of language change? The case of the German and English passives

I. General introduction. What is missionary linguistics? Historical background. Objectives of the missionaries, didactic tools which were produced, the role of the native speakers, the role of the press. Brief state of the Art. The sounds and letters: Phonology and orthography. II. Words 2a. What is a word? Approaches to and analysis of the internal structure of the word. 2b. Compound words. Inflection and derivation

11:00–11:30 Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen & Carmel O’Shannessy

Obstruent voicing distinctions in Light Warlpiri

Luca Ciucci Morphological borrowing in the Chaco

Patrick Caudal Language change and coercion: The intriguing case of the French simple and compound pasts

11:30–12:00 Rael Stanley A Description of Tone in Northern Lisu

Catherine Travis, James Grama, & Simon Gonzalez Ethnolectal variation ov(er) time

Mark Ellison, Luisa Miceli, Alba Tuninetti, Paola Escudero, Niels O. Schiller

The price of ease 12:00–12:30 Indi Phillips

A Socio-Phonetic Analysis of Australian Neo-Jihadis

Ksenia Gnevsheva, Anita Szakay & Sandra Jansen

Second dialect acquisition in a second language

Brett Baker & Rikke Bungaard-Nielsen

A processing account of reduplication

12:30–13:30 Lunch (ground floor Jeffrey Smart Building)

13:30–14:00 Open Talks: Stream 9 HH 3-08, Sit Hans Heysen Building Samantha Soon An Investigation of Tone in Kwényï

Open Talks: Stream 10 HH 3-09, Sir Hans Heysen Building Mary Laughren The Power of 'One'

Workshop 7 continued: Laurence Bruggeman Listener adaptation in native and non-native language: The case for emigrants

Workshop 8 continued: III. Texts. 3a. Syntax 3b. The examples in the grammars. Translation theories and practices. IV. Lexicography and semantics 4a. Dictionaries. Lemmatization strategies. 4b. Final remarks. Synthesis. Suggestions for future research.

14:00–14:30 Brett Baker, Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen, Sarah Babinski & Janet Fletcher

Acoustic correlates of lexical stress in Wubuy/Nunggubuyu

Rachel Hendery Mapping and Modelling Australia’s Pacific Past

Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky & Matthias Schlesewsky Predictions all the way up: Predictive coding from neural microcircuits to language change

14:30–15:00 Andy Butcher & John McEntee Pre-stopped nasals and laterals in Adnyamathanha, a language of South Australia

Bill Palmer, Bill Pascoe, & Dorothea Hoffmann

Building a database of spatial referential systems in Australian languages

Sand pit: Sketching our projects connecting language processing and language change

15:00–15:30 Bonnie McLean Do Sound Symbolic Words Resist Phonological Change? A case study from Ryukyuan

Salai Biak Za Lian Ching Elicitation in linguistic fieldwork for Chin language and its dialects

15:35–16:00 Closing session HH4-08, Sir Hans Heysen Building

Mixed Metaphors Their Use and Abuse By Karen Sullivan

Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like 'that wet blanket is a loose cannon', but admire 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player', and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth's 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' speech. How is it that metaphors are sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so well?

In Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse, Karen Sullivan employs findings from linguistics and cognitive science to explore how metaphors are combined and why they sometimes mix. Once we understand the ways that metaphoric ideas are put together, we can appreciate why metaphor combinations have such a wide range of effects.

Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse includes analyses of over a hundred metaphors from politicians, sportspeople, writers and other public figures, and identifies the characteristics that make these metaphors annoying, amusing or astounding.

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Book Launches On Tuesday from 1:00pm - 1:30pm (during the second half of the lunch break), we are launching several books authored by ALS members. Grab some lunch from the Jeffery Smart Building then head across to room BH2-16 in the Barbara Hanrahan Building to check out the launch! Note that while the room is classified as “level 2” of the building, it is actually the ground floor, with an external door facing north of the building - just follow the signs!

Please note that as there will be no commercial trade tables at this year’s conference, please contact the authors directly if you wish to make a purchase.

Skin, Kin and Clan The Dynamics of Social Categories in Indigenous Australia Edited by Patrick McConvell, Piers Kelly and Sébastien Lacrampe

Language, Land and Song Studies in honour of Luise Hercus Edited by Peter K. Austin, Harold Koch and Jane Simpson

Language, land, stories and songs are closely entwined in many societies around the world. Documenting all of these is now recognised as an essential part of language work, and flows into contemporary concerns for making material accessible through language maintenance and archiving activities.

Language, Land and Song features the work of 45 contributors, who highlight current practice and draw on insights from anthropology, digital humanities, education, ethnography, history, linguistics and musicology. The book shows how the value of this multi-faceted documentation has become clear over the last fifty years. In doing so, it celebrates the achievements of Luise Hercus, a pioneer in the documentation of Australian languages.

The 37 chapters of this volume pay tribute to Luise’s accomplishments and present further studies, primarily relating to Indigenous Australia, in the spirit of inter-disciplinary approach to language documentation.

Australia is unique in the world for its diverse and interlocking systems of Indigenous social organisation. On no other continent do we see such an array of complex and contrasting social arrangements, coordinated through a principle of ‘universal kinship’ whereby two strangers meeting for the first time can recognise one another as kin. For some time, Australian kinship studies suffered from poor theorisation and insufficient aggregation of data. The large-scale AustKin project sought to redress these problems through the careful compilation of kinship information. Arising from the project, this book presents recent original research by a range of authors in the field on the kinship and social category systems in Australia. A number of the contributions focus on reconstructing how these systems originated and developed over time. Others are concerned with the relationship between kinship and land, the semantics of kin terms and the dynamics of kin interactions.

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