Professor Ilana Mushin
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Ilana Mushin

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Background

I am a linguist whose research interests include: interactions between discourse, cognition and grammar, pragmatics, perspective-taking in discourse, Conversation Analysis, typology, narrative structure, language shift and language maintenance, Australian First Nations Languages.

I am currently a Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery Project 'Conversational interaction in Aboriginal and Remote Australia' (CIARA - https://www.ciaraproject.com).

Author of:

  • Articles on interactions between discourse and grammar in Garrwa and other Australian First Nations Languages, including A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa. Mouton De Gruyter. 2012
  • Publications on epistemics and evidential pragmatics, including Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 2001
  • Publications on Aboriginal English in Queensland Aboriginal Communities
  • Publications on classroom interaction in Early Years and First Nations schooling.

Editor of:

  • Interactional Linguistics (Journal co-edited with Prof. Simona Pekarek Doehler, https://benjamins.com/catalog/il)
  • Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages (With Brett Baker, Amsterdam: John Benjamins 2008)
  • Indigenous Language and Social Identity (With Brett Baker, Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner, Canberra:Pacific Linguistics, 2011)

Availability

Professor Ilana Mushin is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Language, Communication and Culture Linguistics

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University at Buffalo

Search Professor Ilana Mushin’s works on UQ eSpace

60 works between 2001 and 2023
All (60) Journal Article (35) Book Chapter (18) Conference Publication (1) Book (3) Other Outputs (2) Edited Outputs (1)

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Featured

2021

Journal Article

Linguistic structures in social interaction: moving temporality to the forefront of a science of language*

Mushin, Ilana and Doehler, Simona Pekarek (2021). Linguistic structures in social interaction: moving temporality to the forefront of a science of language*. Interactional Linguistics, 1 (1), 2-32. doi: 10.1075/il.21008.mus

Linguistic structures in social interaction: moving temporality to the forefront of a science of language*

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2019

Journal Article

Preparing for task: linguistic formats for procedural instructions in early years schooling

Mushin, Ilana, Gardner, Rod and Gourlay, Claire (2019). Preparing for task: linguistic formats for procedural instructions in early years schooling. Linguistics and Education, 54 100749, 100749. doi: 10.1016/j.linged.2019.100749

Preparing for task: linguistic formats for procedural instructions in early years schooling

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2018

Journal Article

Tools of engagement: selecting a next speaker in Australian Aboriginal multiparty conversations

Blythe, Joe, Gardner, Rod, Mushin, Ilana and Stirling, Lesley (2018). Tools of engagement: selecting a next speaker in Australian Aboriginal multiparty conversations. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 51 (2), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/08351813.2018.1449441

Tools of engagement: selecting a next speaker in Australian Aboriginal multiparty conversations

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2016

Journal Article

Rethinking Australian Aboriginal English-based speech varieties: evidence from Woorabinda

Munro, Jennifer and Mushin, Ilana (2016). Rethinking Australian Aboriginal English-based speech varieties: evidence from Woorabinda. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 31 (1), 82-112. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.31.1

Rethinking Australian Aboriginal English-based speech varieties: evidence from Woorabinda

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2016

Book Chapter

Same but different: understanding language contact in Queensland Indigenous settlements

Mushin, Ilana, Angelo, Denise and Munro, Jennifer M. (2016). Same but different: understanding language contact in Queensland Indigenous settlements. Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. (pp. 383-408) edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Diane Hafner. Philadelphia, PA, United States: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/clu.18.18mus

Same but different: understanding language contact in Queensland Indigenous settlements

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2015

Journal Article

Expanded transition spaces: the case of Garrwa

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2015). Expanded transition spaces: the case of Garrwa. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (MAR) 00251, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00251

Expanded transition spaces: the case of Garrwa

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2013

Journal Article

Making knowledge visible in discourse: implications for the study of linguistic evidentiality

Mushin, Ilana (2013). Making knowledge visible in discourse: implications for the study of linguistic evidentiality. Discourse Studies, 15 (5), 627-645. doi: 10.1177/1461445613501447

Making knowledge visible in discourse: implications for the study of linguistic evidentiality

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2012

Book

A grammar of (Western) Garrwa

Mushin, Ilana (2012). A grammar of (Western) Garrwa. Boston, MA , United States: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: 10.1515/9781614512417

A grammar of (Western) Garrwa

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2012

Journal Article

"Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation

Mushin, Ilana (2012). "Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation. Pragmatics and Society, 3 (2), 270-293. doi: 10.1075/ps.3.2.07mus

"Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation

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2009

Journal Article

Silence is talk: Conversational silence in Australian Aboriginal talk-in-interaction

Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2009). Silence is talk: Conversational silence in Australian Aboriginal talk-in-interaction. Journal of Pragmatics, 41 (10), 2033-2052. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.11.004

Silence is talk: Conversational silence in Australian Aboriginal talk-in-interaction

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2008

Journal Article

Free to bound to free? Interactions between pragmatics and syntax in the development of Australian pronominal systems

Mushin, Ilana and Simpson, Jane (2008). Free to bound to free? Interactions between pragmatics and syntax in the development of Australian pronominal systems. Language, 84 (3), 566-596. doi: 10.1353/lan.0.0048

Free to bound to free? Interactions between pragmatics and syntax in the development of Australian pronominal systems

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2001

Book

Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling

Mushin, Ilana (2001). Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling. 87 ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing company. doi: 10.1075/pbns.87

Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling

2023

Journal Article

Towards an interactional grammar of interjections: Expressing compassion in four Australian languages

Mushin, Ilana, Blythe, Joe, Dahmen, Josua, de Dear, Caroline, Gardner, Rod, Possemato, Francesco and Stirling, Lesley (2023). Towards an interactional grammar of interjections: Expressing compassion in four Australian languages. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 43 (2), 158-189. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2023.2244442

Towards an interactional grammar of interjections: Expressing compassion in four Australian languages

2023

Book Chapter

Discourse and social interaction

Blythe, Joe and Mushin, Ilana (2023). Discourse and social interaction. The Oxford guide to Australian languages. (pp. 538-547) edited by Claire Bowern. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198824978.003.0045

Discourse and social interaction

2023

Book Chapter

Children as citizens of a global society: learning together in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms

Theobald, Maryanne, Busch, Gillian, Mushin, Ilana, O’Gorman, Lyndal, Nielson, Cathy, Radanovic, Shelley, Briant, Elizabeth, Curtis, Lisa, Mirah, Erin, Rana, Louise, Moore, Tyler and Danby, Susan (2023). Children as citizens of a global society: learning together in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. International perspectives on educating for democracy in early childhood: recognizing young children as citizens. (pp. 297-320) edited by Stacy Lee DeZutter. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003229568-23

Children as citizens of a global society: learning together in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms

2022

Journal Article

Locational pointing in Murrinhpatha, Gija, and English conversations

de Dear, Caroline, Blythe, Joe, Possemato, Francesco, Stirling, Lesley, Gardner, Rod, Mushin, Ilana and Kofod, Frances (2022). Locational pointing in Murrinhpatha, Gija, and English conversations. Gesture, 20 (3), 417-452. doi: 10.1075/gest.20035.dea

Locational pointing in Murrinhpatha, Gija, and English conversations

2022

Journal Article

Understanding equivocal feedback in PhD supervision meetings: a conversation analysis approach

Nguyen, Ngoc Thi Bich and Mushin, Ilana (2022). Understanding equivocal feedback in PhD supervision meetings: a conversation analysis approach. Teaching in Higher Education, 29 (6), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2022.2068348

Understanding equivocal feedback in PhD supervision meetings: a conversation analysis approach

2022

Journal Article

Editorial: Turn design and epistemic management in small communities

Mushin, Ilana (2022). Editorial: Turn design and epistemic management in small communities. Journal of Pragmatics, 193, 21-26. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2022.03.007

Editorial: Turn design and epistemic management in small communities

2022

Journal Article

The epistemics of social relations in Murrinhpatha, Garrwa and Jaru conversations

Blythe, Joe, Mushin, Ilana, Stirling, Lesley and Gardner, Rod (2022). The epistemics of social relations in Murrinhpatha, Garrwa and Jaru conversations. Journal of Pragmatics, 191, 175-193. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2022.01.006

The epistemics of social relations in Murrinhpatha, Garrwa and Jaru conversations

2022

Book

Effective task instruction in the first year of school: what teachers and children do

Mushin, Ilana, Gardner, Rod and Gourlay, Claire (2022). Effective task instruction in the first year of school: what teachers and children do. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780367809379

Effective task instruction in the first year of school: what teachers and children do

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2026
    Communication training for mental health professionals: developing cultural sensitivity and capability to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people mental health outcomes (led by CQU)
    Central Queensland University
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2023
    Developing Cultural Sensitivity and Capability through Communication Training for Mental Health Professionals (MRFF Indigenous Health Research Grant led by QIMRB)
    Queensland Institute of Medical Research
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2024
    What is distinctive about Australian Aboriginal conversational style? (ARC Discovery Project administered by Macquarie University)
    Macquarie University
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Talking knowledge, doing learning: the early years
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Language and cultural diversity in early years classrooms
    Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    The developmental origins of tool innovation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Over-imitation, trial-and-error learning and the inter-generational transmission of information
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Clearing the path towards literacy and numeracy: language for learning (ARC LP administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Language Acquisition Project
    Department Education - Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Grammatical choices in Australian Aboriginal conversation: Grammar in interaction in the Garrwa community
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Ilana Mushin is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Advice-giving in PhD supervision meetings

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Haugh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Overlapping talk in Bahasa Indonesian Conversations

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sanako Mitsugi

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Table talk: Floor and focus in sustained multiparty interaction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Haugh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Grammatical Description of Mujawirun Arabic

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rob Pensalfini

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Humour and Laughter at Work: Sustained Humour Episodes in Australian Blue-Collar Workplaces

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Haugh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Table talk: Floor and focus in sustained multiparty interaction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Haugh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Loanwords Adaptation in the Plural System of Urban Hijazi Arabic Dialect

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rob Pensalfini

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Table talk: Floor and focus in sustained multiparty interaction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Haugh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Humour and Laughter at work: Sustained Humour Episodes in Australian Blue-Collar Workplaces

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Haugh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Humour and Laughter at Work: Sustained Humour Episodes in Australian Blue-Collar Workplaces

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Haugh

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Ilana Mushin directly for media enquiries about:

  • Aboriginal langugaes
  • Australian Aboriginal langugaes
  • Discourse analysis
  • Languages - Aboriginal
  • Linguistic typology
  • Pragmatics
  • Sociolinguistics

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