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)

21 - 40 of 60 works

2022

Journal Article

On the road again: displaying knowledge of place in multiparty conversations in the remote Australian outback

Stirling, Lesley, Gardner, Rod, Mushin, Ilana, Blythe, Joe and Possemato, Francesco (2022). On the road again: displaying knowledge of place in multiparty conversations in the remote Australian outback. Journal of Pragmatics, 187, 90-114. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.10.026

On the road again: displaying knowledge of place in multiparty conversations in the remote Australian outback

2021

Other Outputs

Garrwa, Gunindirri and Gudanji Plants and Animals: Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge from the Gulf of Carpentaria, North Australia

McDinny, Dinny, Rory, Don, Rory, Eileen, Shadforth, Kathleen, George, Doreen, Dixon, Thelma, Dixon, Roy, Dixon, Lena, Keighran, Marjorie, Mawson, Peggy, Baker, Katie, Mawson, Daphne, Charlie, Miriam, Godfrey, Hazel, Simon, Shirley, Baker, Alan, Kidd, William, Noble, Muldoon, McDinny, Linda, Rogers, Alan, Mushin, Ilana, Stuckey, Ben and Wightman, Glenn (2021). Garrwa, Gunindirri and Gudanji Plants and Animals: Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge from the Gulf of Carpentaria, North Australia. Borroloola, NT, Australia: Northern Territory Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security.

Garrwa, Gunindirri and Gudanji Plants and Animals: Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge from the Gulf of Carpentaria, North Australia

2020

Book Chapter

Multiple nominal expressions in Garrwa conversation

Mushin, Ilana (2020). Multiple nominal expressions in Garrwa conversation. The ‘noun phrase’ across languages: an emergent unit in interaction. (pp. 211-236) edited by Tsuyoshi Ono and Sandra A. Thompson. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/tsl.128.09mus

Multiple nominal expressions in Garrwa conversation

2020

Journal Article

Young children’s responses to teachers’ metacognitive questions

Gourlay, Claire, Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2020). Young children’s responses to teachers’ metacognitive questions. International Journal of Early Years Education, 29 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/09669760.2020.1742671

Young children’s responses to teachers’ metacognitive questions

2019

Journal Article

A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups

Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2019). A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 185, 164-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.04.018

A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups

2018

Journal Article

Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities

Redshaw, Jonathan, Suddendorf, Thomas, Neldner, Karri, Wilks, Matti, Tomaselli, Keyan, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2018). Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities. Child Development, 90 (1), 51-61. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13084

Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities

2018

Book Chapter

Dis, that and da other: variation in Aboriginal children's article and demonstrative use at school

Fraser, Henry, Mushin, Ilana, Meakins, Felicity and Gardner, Rod (2018). Dis, that and da other: variation in Aboriginal children's article and demonstrative use at school. Language practices of Indigenous children and youth: the transition from home to school. (pp. 237-269) edited by Gillian Wigglesworth, Jane Simpson and Jill Vaughan. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-60120-9_10

Dis, that and da other: variation in Aboriginal children's article and demonstrative use at school

2018

Book Chapter

Diverging from 'business as usual': turn-initial ngala in Garrwa conversation

Mushin, Ilana (2018). Diverging from 'business as usual': turn-initial ngala in Garrwa conversation. Between Turn and Sequence Turn-initial particles across languages. (pp. 119-153) edited by John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/slsi.31.05mus

Diverging from 'business as usual': turn-initial ngala in Garrwa conversation

2017

Journal Article

Young children's tool innovation across culture: Affordance visibility matters

Neldner, Karri, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2017). Young children's tool innovation across culture: Affordance visibility matters. Cognition, 168, 335-343. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.07.015

Young children's tool innovation across culture: Affordance visibility matters

2017

Journal Article

Da Symbol Dat Under da Stuffs: teaching the language of maths to Aboriginal learners of standard Australian English as a second dialect

Watts, Janet, Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2017). Da Symbol Dat Under da Stuffs: teaching the language of maths to Aboriginal learners of standard Australian English as a second dialect. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 48 (01), 1-13. doi: 10.1017/jie.2017.29

Da Symbol Dat Under da Stuffs: teaching the language of maths to Aboriginal learners of standard Australian English as a second dialect

2017

Book Chapter

Epistemic trajectories in the classroom: how children respond in informing sequences

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2017). Epistemic trajectories in the classroom: how children respond in informing sequences. Children's knowledge-in-interaction: studies in conversation analysis. (pp. 13-36) edited by Amanda Bateman and Amelia Church. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-1703-2_2

Epistemic trajectories in the classroom: how children respond in informing sequences

2016

Journal Article

Imitation, collaboration, and their interaction among Western and Indigenous Australian preschool children

Nielsen, Mark, Mushin, Ilana, Tomaselli, Keyan and Whiten, Andrew (2016). Imitation, collaboration, and their interaction among Western and Indigenous Australian preschool children. Child Development, 87 (3), 795-806. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12504

Imitation, collaboration, and their interaction among Western and Indigenous Australian preschool children

2016

Book Chapter

Establishing connections: a tale of two communities

Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2016). Establishing connections: a tale of two communities. Doing research within communities: stories and lessons from language and education field research. (pp. 105-114) edited by Kerry Taylor-Leech and Donna Starks. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315628875-12

Establishing connections: a tale of two communities

2016

Journal Article

Linguistic cues for recipient design in an Indigenous Australian conversational narrative

Mushin, Ilana (2016). Linguistic cues for recipient design in an Indigenous Australian conversational narrative. Narrative Inquiry, 26 (2), 217-256. doi: 10.1075/ni.26.2.03mus

Linguistic cues for recipient design in an Indigenous Australian conversational narrative

2016

Book Chapter

Identifying the grammars of Queensland ex-government Reserves: the case of Woorie Talk

Mushin, Ilana and Watts, Janet (2016). Identifying the grammars of Queensland ex-government Reserves: the case of Woorie Talk. Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonisation. (pp. 57-85) edited by Felicity Meakins and Carmel O'Shannessy. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton.

Identifying the grammars of Queensland ex-government Reserves: the case of Woorie Talk

2016

Book Chapter

The impact of interaction and language on leading learning in Indigenous classrooms

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2016). The impact of interaction and language on leading learning in Indigenous classrooms. Leadership in diverse learning contexts. (pp. 289-309) edited by Johnson, Greer and Dempster, Neil. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28302-9_15

The impact of interaction and language on leading learning in Indigenous classrooms

2015

Journal Article

'Up dere la': final particle la in a Queensland Aboriginal vernacular

Gourlay, Claire and Mushin, Ilana (2015). 'Up dere la': final particle la in a Queensland Aboriginal vernacular. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 35 (1), 76-101. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2015.976902

'Up dere la': final particle la in a Queensland Aboriginal vernacular

2015

Other Outputs

Indigenous voices of Queensland

Round, Erich, Mushin, Ilana, Alvey, Elizabeth, Yu, Fei and Hornsby, Eric (2015). Indigenous voices of Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Indigenous voices of Queensland

2014

Journal Article

Exploring tool innovation: a comparison of Western and Bushman children

Nielsen, Mark, Tomaselli, Keyan, Mushin, Ilana and Whiten, Andrew (2014). Exploring tool innovation: a comparison of Western and Bushman children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 126, 384-394. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.05.008

Exploring tool innovation: a comparison of Western and Bushman children

2014

Journal Article

Where culture takes hold: "overimitation" and its flexible deployment in Western, Aboriginal, and Bushmen children

Nielsen, Mark, Mushin, Ilana, Tomaselli, Keyan and Whiten, Andrew (2014). Where culture takes hold: "overimitation" and its flexible deployment in Western, Aboriginal, and Bushmen children. Child Development, 85 (6), 2169-2184. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12265

Where culture takes hold: "overimitation" and its flexible deployment in Western, Aboriginal, and Bushmen children

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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