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2020

Journal Article

Which MATter matters in PATtern borrowing? The direction of case syncretisms

Meakins, Felicity, Disbray, Samantha and Simpson, Jane (2020). Which MATter matters in PATtern borrowing? The direction of case syncretisms. Morphology, 30 (4), 373-393. doi: 10.1007/s11525-020-09357-3

Which MATter matters in PATtern borrowing? The direction of case syncretisms

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2020

Journal Article

Holding the mirror up to converted languages: two grammars, one lexicon

Meakins, Felicity and Pensalfini, Rob (2020). Holding the mirror up to converted languages: two grammars, one lexicon. International Journal of Bilingualism, 25 (2), 136700692092246-457. doi: 10.1177/1367006920922461

Holding the mirror up to converted languages: two grammars, one lexicon

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2019

Journal Article

Birth of a contact language did not favor simplification

Meakins, Felicity, Hua, Xia , Algy, Cassandra and Bromham, Lindell (2019). Birth of a contact language did not favor simplification. Language, 95 (2), 294-332. doi: 10.1353/lan.2019.0032

Birth of a contact language did not favor simplification

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2017

Journal Article

Possessor dissension: agreement mismatch in Ngumpin-Yapa possessive constructions

Meakins, Felicity and Nordlinger, Rachel (2017). Possessor dissension: agreement mismatch in Ngumpin-Yapa possessive constructions. Linguistic Typology, 21 (1), 143-188. doi: 10.1515/lingty-2017-0004

Possessor dissension: agreement mismatch in Ngumpin-Yapa possessive constructions

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2012

Journal Article

Learning vowel categories from maternal speech in Gurindji Kriol

Jones, Caroline, Meakins, Felicity and Muawiyath, Shujau (2012). Learning vowel categories from maternal speech in Gurindji Kriol. Language Learning, 62 (4), 1052-1078. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00725.x

Learning vowel categories from maternal speech in Gurindji Kriol

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2012

Journal Article

Comprehension of competing argument marking systems in two Australian mixed languages

O'Shannessy, Carmel and Meakins, Felicity (2012). Comprehension of competing argument marking systems in two Australian mixed languages. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15 (2), 378-396. doi: 10.1017/S1366728911000307

Comprehension of competing argument marking systems in two Australian mixed languages

2024

Journal Article

WordSpinner: Developing a tool to convert plain-text lexicon files into dictionary webpages

Jones, Caroline, Tran, Jesse, Jorgensen, Eleanor, Hill, Romi, Ellis, Patricia, Simpson, Jane, Meakins, Felicity, Ben Foley, , Reverter-Rambaldi, Marcel, Tudor-Smith, Gari, Williams, Paul, Hill, Clair and Richards, Mark (2024). WordSpinner: Developing a tool to convert plain-text lexicon files into dictionary webpages. Language Documentation & Conservation, 18, 109-131.

WordSpinner: Developing a tool to convert plain-text lexicon files into dictionary webpages

2023

Journal Article

The third space in the fourth column: revisiting the role of agency in the formation of Creoles

Meakins, Felicity (2023). The third space in the fourth column: revisiting the role of agency in the formation of Creoles. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 38 (2), 431-445. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.00117.mea

The third space in the fourth column: revisiting the role of agency in the formation of Creoles

2023

Journal Article

What have we missed? : Theorising about Creoles in the absence of Melanesia and Australia

Meakins, Felicity (2023). What have we missed? : Theorising about Creoles in the absence of Melanesia and Australia. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 38 (1), 170-187. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.00109.mea

What have we missed? : Theorising about Creoles in the absence of Melanesia and Australia

2023

Journal Article

Quantifying the language dynamics of bilingual communities

Meakins, Felicity (2023). Quantifying the language dynamics of bilingual communities. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 13 (1), 76-82. doi: 10.1075/lab.22059.mea

Quantifying the language dynamics of bilingual communities

2022

Journal Article

Tradition and innovation: using sign language in a Gurindji community in Northern Australia

Green, Jennifer, Meakins, Felicity and Algy, Cassandra (2022). Tradition and innovation: using sign language in a Gurindji community in Northern Australia. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 42 (2), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2022.2105137

Tradition and innovation: using sign language in a Gurindji community in Northern Australia

2022

Journal Article

Empiricism or imperialism: the science of Creole Exceptionalism

Meakins, Felicity (2022). Empiricism or imperialism: the science of Creole Exceptionalism. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 37 (1), 189-203. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.00092.mea

Empiricism or imperialism: the science of Creole Exceptionalism

2022

Journal Article

Intergenerational changes in Gurindji Kriol: Comparing apparent-time and real-time data

Sloan, Bodean, Meakins, Felicity and Algy, Cassandra (2022). Intergenerational changes in Gurindji Kriol: Comparing apparent-time and real-time data. Asia-Pacific Language Variation, 8 (1), 1-31. doi: 10.1075/aplv.21001.slo

Intergenerational changes in Gurindji Kriol: Comparing apparent-time and real-time data

2022

Journal Article

Erratum: publisher correction: global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity (Nature ecology & evolution (2022) 6 2 (163-173))

Bromham, Lindell, Dinnage, Russell, Skirgård, Hedvig, Ritchie, Andrew, Cardillo, Marcel, Meakins, Felicity, Greenhill, Simon and Hua, Xia (2022). Erratum: publisher correction: global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity (Nature ecology & evolution (2022) 6 2 (163-173)). Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6 (2), 231-231. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01684-4

Erratum: publisher correction: global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity (Nature ecology & evolution (2022) 6 2 (163-173))

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

2022

Journal Article

The word wide web: a mycelial turn in the conceptualisation and modelling of language evolution

Meakins, Felicity (2022). The word wide web: a mycelial turn in the conceptualisation and modelling of language evolution. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 37 (2), 396-416. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.00099.mea

The word wide web: a mycelial turn in the conceptualisation and modelling of language evolution

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