Inga Clendinnen "Dancing with Strangers" In this thread students MQ Linguistics read Clendinnen's historical #ethnography based on the diaries of the officers of the 1st fleet to learn about #InterculturalCommunication between British colonizers and Sydney's Indigenous people

The Embassy of France to Australia is looking to support academics, researchers, writers and artists working on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders studies, to foster collaborative projects. Deadline: 31 August 2024 Details: tinyurl.com/dyw3nfch

'For most of Australia’s 460 First Nations languages, [t]here is no gender distinction between third-person singular pronouns.' The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand has published an extract from Gari Tudor-Smith, Paul Williams and Felicity Meakins 🌈' new book BINA, out now. ow.ly/zH5Z50SMMLp

Marking the International Day of the World's #IndigenousPeoples, De Gruyter Mouton has launched a special collection to celebrate #IndigenousLanguages. My research is part of the collection, available for free until September 10. cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/indigenouslang…

Deadline's tomorrow! Submit an EOI if you're heading to the conference at the end of the year!

🎙️ New podcast alert! Introducing Busting Buzzwords – hosted by Dr Clara Sitbon and Dr Benjamin Nickl Ben Nickl who speak with a lineup of guests to demystify the complex jargon that buzzes around the corridors of University of Sydney. 🎧 Tune in & subscribe: bit.ly/46LGgau

We still have a few seats for this event: KIN, COUNTRY, LANGUAGE AND BIOTA Linguistics annual lecture with Myfany Turpin & April Pengart Campbell, Conservatorium SydneyConMusic Wed, 21 Aug 2024 5:00 at the Chau Chak Wing Museum All welcome eventbrite.com.au/e/2024-linguis… Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Sydney

Just so you know, the deadline to register for the ALW2024 is today! Register here: aiatsis.gov.au/whats-new/even…

Here are six words for brother in six Indigenous languages. Listen and learn at the 50 Words Project link below. 50words.online/languages #learnlanguages #IndigenousLanguages Faculty of Arts Indigenous Knowledge Institute

Keeping Indigenous languages strong in northern Australia: a PhD opportunity at Charles Darwin University, under First Nations leadership. We have a $40k/year domestic scholarship. Please send expressions of interest to [email protected].

Here are six words for father in six Indigenous languages. Listen and learn at the 50 Words Project link below. 50words.online/languages #learnlanguages #IndigenousLanguages Faculty of Arts Indigenous Knowledge Institute

Here are six words for sister in six Indigenous languages. Listen and learn at the 50 Words Project link below. 50words.online/languages #learnlanguages #IndigenousLanguages Faculty of Arts Indigenous Knowledge Institute

‘The Yarning Corpus: Aboriginal English in SW WA is now out! We share how @GlenysCollard and I collected the incredible corpus that made working together a reality. 🙏 to Australian Research Council for 💰 and to UWA Research for open access. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

How do Australian #IndigenousLanguages express mistaken beliefs? This #OA study offers unique insights into cognitive linguistics and cultural expressions. Find a range of free resources on Indigenous Languages in our special collection until 10 Sept.: cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/indigenouslang…

Fantastic news in Poznan. Prof Rob Amery of Adelaide Univ awarded 2024 Endangered Languages Prize, made in honour of our colleague and friend the late Prof Suwilai of Mahidol Univ, Thailand. So v well deserved for decades of work “to reawaken Kaurna”. Congratulations Rob.

Pioneering Australian sociolinguist Barbara Horvath recently passed away. To honor her memory, we've published an oral history interview Barbara did with Livia Gerber in 2017 for the 50th anniversary of Australian Linguistic Society about the heady 70s in Sydney linguistics languageonthemove.com/remembering-ba…