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2022

Journal Article

Language change in multidimensional space: new methods for modelling linguistic coherence

Hua, Xia, Meakins, Felicity, Algy, Cassandra and Bromham, Lindell (2022). Language change in multidimensional space: new methods for modelling linguistic coherence. Language Dynamics and Change, 12 (1), 78-123. doi: 10.1163/22105832-bja10015

Language change in multidimensional space: new methods for modelling linguistic coherence

2021

Journal Article

Global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity

Bromham, Lindell, Dinnage, Russell, Skirgård, Hedvig, Ritchie, Andrew, Cardillo, Marcel, Meakins, Felicity, Greenhill, Simon and Hua, Xia (2021). Global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 (2), 163-173. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01604-y

Global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity

2020

Journal Article

Lend me your verbs: verb borrowing between Jingulu and Mudburra

Meakins, Felicity, Pensalfini, Rob, Zipf, Caitlin and Hamilton-Hollaway, Amanda (2020). Lend me your verbs: verb borrowing between Jingulu and Mudburra. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 40 (3), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2020.1804830

Lend me your verbs: verb borrowing between Jingulu and Mudburra

2020

Journal Article

Fickle fricatives: Fricative and stop perception in Gurindji Kriol, Roper Kriol, and Standard Australian English

Stewart, Jesse, Meakins, Felicity, Algy, Cassandra, Ennever, Thomas and Joshua, Angelina (2020). Fickle fricatives: Fricative and stop perception in Gurindji Kriol, Roper Kriol, and Standard Australian English. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147 (4), 2766-2778. doi: 10.1121/10.0000991

Fickle fricatives: Fricative and stop perception in Gurindji Kriol, Roper Kriol, and Standard Australian English

2020

Journal Article

'Puranguwana': ‘Perishing in the sun’ as sung by Patrick Smith, Jack Gordon and Marie Gordon

Turpin, Myfany, Meakins, Felicity, Mudgedell, Marie, Tchooga, Angie and Yeoh, Calista (2020). 'Puranguwana': ‘Perishing in the sun’ as sung by Patrick Smith, Jack Gordon and Marie Gordon. Aboriginal History, 44, 59-88.

'Puranguwana': ‘Perishing in the sun’ as sung by Patrick Smith, Jack Gordon and Marie Gordon

2020

Journal Article

Language endangerment: a multidimensional analysis of risk factors

Bromham, L., Hua, X., Algy, C. and Meakins, F. (2020). Language endangerment: a multidimensional analysis of risk factors. Journal of Language Evolution, 5 (1), 75-91. doi: 10.1093/jole/lzaa002

Language endangerment: a multidimensional analysis of risk factors

2019

Journal Article

Gender lender: noun borrowings between Jingulu and Mudburra in northern Australia

Pensalfini, Rob and Meakins, Felicity (2019). Gender lender: noun borrowings between Jingulu and Mudburra in northern Australia. Journal of Language Contact, 12 (2), 440-478. doi: 10.1163/19552629-01202007

Gender lender: noun borrowings between Jingulu and Mudburra in northern Australia

2018

Journal Article

The Development of Phonological Stratification: Evidence from Stop Voicing Perception in Gurindji Kriol and Roper Kriol

Stewart, Jesse, Meakins, Felicity, Algy, Cassandra and Joshua, Angelina (2018). The Development of Phonological Stratification: Evidence from Stop Voicing Perception in Gurindji Kriol and Roper Kriol. Journal of Language Contact, 11 (1), 71-112. doi: 10.1163/19552629-01101003

The Development of Phonological Stratification: Evidence from Stop Voicing Perception in Gurindji Kriol and Roper Kriol

2017

Journal Article

A replicable acoustic measure of lenition and the nature of variability in Gurindji stops

Ennever, Thomas, Meakins, Felicity and Round, Erich (2017). A replicable acoustic measure of lenition and the nature of variability in Gurindji stops. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, 8 (1) 20. doi: 10.5334/labphon.18

A replicable acoustic measure of lenition and the nature of variability in Gurindji stops

2017

Journal Article

Searching for “Agent Zero”: the origins of a relative case system

van den Bos, Jackie, Meakins, Felicity and Algy, Cassandra (2017). Searching for “Agent Zero”: the origins of a relative case system. Language Ecology, 1 (1), 4-24. doi: 10.1075/le.1.1.02van

Searching for “Agent Zero”: the origins of a relative case system

2016

Journal Article

Deadly reckoning: changes in Gurindji children’s knowledge of cardinals

Meakins, Felicity and Algy, Cassandra (2016). Deadly reckoning: changes in Gurindji children’s knowledge of cardinals. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 36 (4), 479-501. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2016.1169973

Deadly reckoning: changes in Gurindji children’s knowledge of cardinals

2015

Journal Article

Bilingualism, language shift and the corresponding expansion of spatial cognitive systems

Meakins, Felicity, Jones, Caroline and Algy, Cassandra (2015). Bilingualism, language shift and the corresponding expansion of spatial cognitive systems. Language Sciences, 54, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.langsci.2015.06.002

Bilingualism, language shift and the corresponding expansion of spatial cognitive systems

2015

Journal Article

Not obligatory: bound pronoun variation in Gurindji and Bilinarra

Meakins, Felicity (2015). Not obligatory: bound pronoun variation in Gurindji and Bilinarra. Asia-Pacific Language Variation, 1 (2), 128-161. doi: 10.1075/aplv.1.2.02mea

Not obligatory: bound pronoun variation in Gurindji and Bilinarra

2013

Journal Article

The phonological forms and perceived functions of janyarrp, the Gurindji 'baby talk' register

Jones, Caroline and Meakins, Felicity (2013). The phonological forms and perceived functions of janyarrp, the Gurindji 'baby talk' register. Lingua, 134, 170-193. doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2013.07.004

The phonological forms and perceived functions of janyarrp, the Gurindji 'baby talk' register

2013

Journal Article

How much input is enough? Correlating comprehension and child language input in an endangered language

Meakins, Felicity and Wigglesworth, Gillian (2013). How much input is enough? Correlating comprehension and child language input in an endangered language. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 34 (2), 171-188. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2012.733010

How much input is enough? Correlating comprehension and child language input in an endangered language

2013

Journal Article

Variation in voice onset time in stops in Gurindji Kriol: picture naming and conversational speech

Jones, Caroline and Meakins, Felicity (2013). Variation in voice onset time in stops in Gurindji Kriol: picture naming and conversational speech. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 33 (2), 196-220. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2013.814525

Variation in voice onset time in stops in Gurindji Kriol: picture naming and conversational speech

2012

Journal Article

Typological constraints on verb integration in two Australian mixed languages1,2

Meakins, Felicity and O'Shannessy, Carmel (2012). Typological constraints on verb integration in two Australian mixed languages1,2. Journal of Language Contact, 5 (2), 216-246. doi: 10.1163/19552629-006001001

Typological constraints on verb integration in two Australian mixed languages1,2

2012

Journal Article

Which mix? Code-switching or a mixed language: Gurindji Kriol

Meakins, Felicity (2012). Which mix? Code-switching or a mixed language: Gurindji Kriol. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 27 (1), 105-140. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.27.1.03mea

Which mix? Code-switching or a mixed language: Gurindji Kriol

2011

Journal Article

Comparing vowels in Gurindji Kriol and Katherine English: Citation speech data

Jones, Caroline, Meakins, Felicity and Buchan, Heather (2011). Comparing vowels in Gurindji Kriol and Katherine English: Citation speech data. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 31 (3), 305-326. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2011.598629

Comparing vowels in Gurindji Kriol and Katherine English: Citation speech data

2011

Journal Article

Spaced out: Inter-generational changes in the expression of spatial relations by Gurindji people

Meakins, Felicity (2011). Spaced out: Inter-generational changes in the expression of spatial relations by Gurindji people. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 31 (1), 43-77. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2011.532857

Spaced out: Inter-generational changes in the expression of spatial relations by Gurindji people