Language Diversity

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Language Diversity episodes:

06.10.2014
Pronominal Clitics in Tondano (handout)
Western Austronesian (Western Malayo-Polynesian) languages are categorised as either Philippine-type or Indonesian-type. While distinguishing between them is not always straightforward, there are a number of structural features which have been previously used to categorise each type. One generalisation used to differentiate...
06.10.2014
Pronominal Clitics in Tondano
Western Austronesian (Western Malayo-Polynesian) languages are categorised as either Philippine-type or Indonesian-type. While distinguishing between them is not always straightforward, there are a number of structural features which have been previously used to categorise each type. One generalisation used to differentiate...
06.09.2014
Pronominal Clitics in Tondano
Western Austronesian (Western Malayo-Polynesian) languages are categorised as either Philippine-type or Indonesian-type. While distinguishing between them is not always straightforward, there are a number of structural features which have been previously used to categorise each type. One generalisation used to differentiate...
06.09.2014
Pronominal Clitics in Tondano (handout)
Western Austronesian (Western Malayo-Polynesian) languages are categorised as either Philippine-type or Indonesian-type. While distinguishing between them is not always straightforward, there are a number of structural features which have been previously used to categorise each type. One generalisation used to differentiate...
11.04.2013
Object Indexing in Spoken Narratives
Professor Geoffrey Haig (University of Bamberg (Germany)) on objects in discourse: cross-linguistic investigation of object indexing in spoken narratives. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
11.03.2013
Object Indexing in Spoken Narratives
Professor Geoffrey Haig (University of Bamberg (Germany)) on objects in discourse: cross-linguistic investigation of object indexing in spoken narratives. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
09.09.2013
Rapid Word Collection and Historical Linguistics
Dr Ken Manson (CRLD, La Trobe University) on documenting historical linguistics. With the rapid decline in the number of languages and language families, linguists have increased their documentation efforts to gather as much language data as possible before a language’s...
09.09.2013
Rapid Word Collection and Historical Linguistics (handout)
Dr Ken Manson (CRLD, La Trobe University) on documenting historical linguistics. With the rapid decline in the number of languages and language families, linguists have increased their documentation efforts to gather as much language data as possible before a language’s...
04.17.2013
Typology and Areality in the Balkans
Professor Victor Friedman (Linguistics, University of Chicago) on typology and reality in the Balkans. This talk will contribute to the discussion of how so-called universals (typology) and language contact (areal linguistics) can be used in a nuanced fashion, and without...
04.17.2013
Typology and Areality in the Balkans (handout)
Professor Victor Friedman (Linguistics, University of Chicago) on typology and reality in the Balkans. This talk will contribute to the discussion of how so-called universals (typology) and language contact (areal linguistics) can be used in a nuanced fashion, and without...
01.25.2013
Our Language in Your Hands
Dr Mark Turin (Linguist, Yale University) on his work preserving the languages of the Himilayan region. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
01.24.2013
Our Language in Your Hands
Dr Mark Turin (Linguist, Yale University) on his work preserving the languages of the Himilayan region. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
11.06.2012
Voice, Valence and Focus in Makassarese
Dr Anthony Jukes (Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Research on Language Diversity, La Trobe University) on Makassarese, a language of South Sulawesi (Indonesia) spoken by up to 2 million people. It has a set of verb prefixes cognate with symmetrical...
11.06.2012
Voice, Valence and Focus in Makassarese (handout)
Dr Anthony Jukes (Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Research on Language Diversity, La Trobe University) on Makassarese, a language of South Sulawesi (Indonesia) spoken by up to 2 million people. It has a set of verb prefixes cognate with symmetrical...
10.05.2012
Incorporation is Neither Syntactic nor 'Lexical'
Dr Brett Baker (Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne) studies Australian indigenous languages. In the Australian language Wubuy (aka Nunggubuyu), as in other Gunwinyguan languages, we find that nouns and some other kinds of constituents (quantifiers) can occur inside the...
09.27.2012
The Study of Languages
Dr Stephen Morey (Centre for Research on Language Diversity, La Trobe University) on how languages are studied and preserved. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
09.12.2012
Globalisation and the Study of Dialects
Dr Howard Manns (Linguistics, Monash University) revisits the study of dialects in contact in light of the forces of globalisation. How the innovative use of traditional methodologies can inform the investigation of dialects in modern, urban environments. This is done...
07.11.2012
Variable Ergativity in Pamosu
Ian Tupper (Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity, La Trobe University) on agentive case marking in Pamosu, a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
07.11.2012
Variable Ergativity in Pamosu (handout)
Ian Tupper (Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity, La Trobe University) on agentive case marking in Pamosu, a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.25.2012
Nasal and Oral Spreading in Aguaruna (Jivaroan)
Dr Simon Overall (Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity, La Trobe University) describes complementary processes of nasal and oral spreading in Aguaruna, a Jivaroan language of north Peru, and addresses the theoretical problems involved in analysing the data. Copyright 2012 La...
05.25.2012
Nasal and Oral Spreading in Aguaruna (Jivaroan) (handout)
Dr Simon Overall (Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity, La Trobe University) describes complementary processes of nasal and oral spreading in Aguaruna, a Jivaroan language of north Peru, and addresses the theoretical problems involved in analysing the data. Copyright 2012 La...
05.15.2012
Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions (handout)
Sarah Cutfield (Language Studies, Australian National University) reports on the exophoric (or, ‘spatial’) uses of the demonstrative in interactions in Dalabon, a non-Pama‐Nyungan language of southwestern Arnhem Land. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.15.2012
Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions (slides)
Sarah Cutfield (Language Studies, Australian National University) reports on the exophoric (or, ‘spatial’) uses of the demonstrative in interactions in Dalabon, a non-Pama‐Nyungan language of southwestern Arnhem Land. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.15.2012
Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions
Sarah Cutfield (Language Studies, Australian National University) reports on the exophoric (or, ‘spatial’) uses of the demonstrative in interactions in Dalabon, a non-Pama‐Nyungan language of southwestern Arnhem Land. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.14.2012
Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions
Sarah Cutfield (Language Studies, Australian National University) reports on the exophoric (or, ‘spatial’) uses of the demonstrative in interactions in Dalabon, a non-Pama‐Nyungan language of southwestern Arnhem Land. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.14.2012
Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions (slides)
Sarah Cutfield (Language Studies, Australian National University) reports on the exophoric (or, ‘spatial’) uses of the demonstrative in interactions in Dalabon, a non-Pama‐Nyungan language of southwestern Arnhem Land. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.14.2012
Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions (handout)
Sarah Cutfield (Language Studies, Australian National University) reports on the exophoric (or, ‘spatial’) uses of the demonstrative in interactions in Dalabon, a non-Pama‐Nyungan language of southwestern Arnhem Land. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.08.2012
Modification in Tai Ahom
Dr Stephen Morey (Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity, La Trobe University) on modification in Tai Ahom. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.08.2012
Modification in Tai Ahom (slides)
Dr Stephen Morey (Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity, La Trobe University) on modification in Tai Ahom. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
05.08.2012
Modification in Tai Ahom (handout)
Dr Stephen Morey (Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity, La Trobe University) on modification in Tai Ahom. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
02.07.2011
Publish or Perish?
David Nathan (Linguistics, University of London) on marshalling documentation at the endangered language archive. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
02.07.2011
Publish or Perish? (handout)
David Nathan (Linguistics, University of London) on marshalling documentation at the endangered language archive. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
11.23.2010
Periphrastic Voice With 'See' in Portuguese
Professor Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt) on the periphrastic voice with 'see' in Portuguese. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
11.23.2010
Periphrastic Voice With 'See' in Portuguese (handout)
Professor Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt) on the periphrastic voice with 'see' in Portuguese. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
10.27.2010
The Nature of Parts of Speech
Professor Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt) on the the nature of parts of speech. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
10.27.2010
The Nature of Parts of Speech (handout)
Professor Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt) on the the nature of parts of speech. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
10.15.2010
The Story of Malagasy
Professor Sander Adelaar (Asia Institute, University of Melbourne) on Malagasy, the native language of Madagascar, which has close links to austronesian languages with much African influence. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
10.14.2010
The Story of Malagasy
Professor Sander Adelaar (Asia Institute, University of Melbourne) on Malagasy, the native language of Madagascar, which has close links to austronesian languages with much African influence. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
10.14.2010
The Story of Malagasy (handout)
Professor Sander Adelaar (Asia Institute, University of Melbourne) on Malagasy, the native language of Madagascar, which has close links to austronesian languages with much African influence. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
10.13.2010
The Story of Malagasy (handout)
Professor Sander Adelaar (Asia Institute, University of Melbourne) on Malagasy, the native language of Madagascar, which has close links to austronesian languages with much African influence. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
09.21.2010
The Function of Numeral Classifiers
Professor Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt) on the function of numeral classifiers. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
09.20.2010
The Function of Numeral Classifiers
Professor Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt) on the function of numeral classifiers. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
09.20.2010
The Function of Numeral Classifiers (handout)
Professor Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt) on the function of numeral classifiers. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
09.19.2010
The Function of Numeral Classifiers (handout)
Professor Christian Lehmann (Universität Erfurt) on the function of numeral classifiers. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
09.01.2010
Preserving Languages of the World
96% of the world speak the same ten languages, and there are over 6,000 spoken dialects making up the rest. Professor Randy LaPolla (Director, La Trobe University Research Centre for Linguistic Typology) discusses the process of recording and preserving these...

What's Language Diversity about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Language Diversity episodes:

Pronominal Clitics in Tondano (handout)

Pronominal Clitics in Tondano

Pronominal Clitics in Tondano

Pronominal Clitics in Tondano (handout)

Object Indexing in Spoken Narratives

Object Indexing in Spoken Narratives

Rapid Word Collection and Historical Linguistics

Rapid Word Collection and Historical Linguistics (handout)

Typology and Areality in the Balkans

Typology and Areality in the Balkans (handout)

Our Language in Your Hands

Our Language in Your Hands

Voice, Valence and Focus in Makassarese

Voice, Valence and Focus in Makassarese (handout)

Incorporation is Neither Syntactic nor 'Lexical'

The Study of Languages

Globalisation and the Study of Dialects

Variable Ergativity in Pamosu

Variable Ergativity in Pamosu (handout)

Nasal and Oral Spreading in Aguaruna (Jivaroan)

Nasal and Oral Spreading in Aguaruna (Jivaroan) (handout)

Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions (handout)

Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions (slides)

Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions

Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions

Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions (slides)

Demonstrative use in Dalabon Interactions (handout)

Modification in Tai Ahom

Modification in Tai Ahom (slides)

Modification in Tai Ahom (handout)

Publish or Perish?

Publish or Perish? (handout)

Periphrastic Voice With 'See' in Portuguese

Periphrastic Voice With 'See' in Portuguese (handout)

The Nature of Parts of Speech

The Nature of Parts of Speech (handout)

The Story of Malagasy

The Story of Malagasy

The Story of Malagasy (handout)

The Story of Malagasy (handout)

The Modal Origo

The Modal Origo

The Modal Origo (handout)

The Function of Numeral Classifiers

The Function of Numeral Classifiers

The Function of Numeral Classifiers (handout)

The Function of Numeral Classifiers (handout)

Distance Iconicity

Distance Iconicity (handout)

Preserving Languages of the World