Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork offers a diverse and practical introduction to research
methods used in field linguistics. Designed to teach students how to collect quality linguistic …

This study aims to analyze the syntax of serial verbs in the Punjabi language. The serial verb
construction (SVC) is a widespread phenomenon across the world languages and in …

My introduction to Garrwa began in 1999 when I embarked on the Australian Institute for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) funded “Garrwa Language Project” …

Hmong languages, particularly White Hmong, are well studied for their complex tone
systems that incorporate pitch, phonation, and duration differences. Still, prior work has …

This thesis is a grammatical description of Enindhilyakwa, a non-Pama-Nyungan language
spoken by over 1200 people living in the Groote Eylandt archipelago in the Gulf of …

The Kimberley Arafuran language Worrorra was spoken traditionally on the remote coastline
and precipitously beautiful hinterland between the Walcott Inlet and the Prince Regent River …

Serial verb constructions have often been said to refer to single conceptual events.
However, evidence to support this claim has been elusive. This article introduces co-speech …

It has long been claimed that there is no lexical field of smell, and that smell is of too little
validity to be expressed in grammar. We demonstrate both claims are false. The Cha'palaa …

Barayin is an East Chadic language spoken by around 5000 people in the Guera region of
the Republic of Chad. This dissertation examines a particular type of syntactic construction …

Gurindji Kriol is a north Australian mixed language which combines lexical and structural
elements from Gurindji (Pama-Nyungan), and Kriol (English-lexifier). One of the more …