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)

41 - 60 of 60 works

2014

Book Chapter

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

Mushin, Ilana (2014). "Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation. Evidentiality in Interaction. (pp. 103-126) edited by Janis Nuckolls and Lev Michael. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing. doi: 10.1075/bct.63.07mus

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

2014

Book Chapter

Liminal pronoun systems: evidence from Garrwa

Mushin, Ilana (2014). Liminal pronoun systems: evidence from Garrwa. Language description informed by theory. (pp. 99-122) edited by Rob Pensalfini, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing. doi: 10.1075/slcs.147.06mus

Liminal pronoun systems: evidence from Garrwa

2013

Journal Article

Language matters in demonstrations of understanding in early years mathematics assessment

Mushin, Ilana, Gardner, Rod and Munro, Jennifer M. (2013). Language matters in demonstrations of understanding in early years mathematics assessment. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 25 (2), 415-433. doi: 10.1007/s13394-013-0077-4

Language matters in demonstrations of understanding in early years mathematics assessment

2013

Journal Article

Teachers telling: informings in an early years classroom

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2013). Teachers telling: informings in an early years classroom. Australian Journal of Communication, 40 (2), 63-81.

Teachers telling: informings in an early years classroom

2013

Book Chapter

Language for learning in indigenous classrooms: foundations for literacy and numeracy

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2013). Language for learning in indigenous classrooms: foundations for literacy and numeracy. Pedagogies to enhance learning for indigenous students: evidence-based practice. (pp. 89-104) edited by Robyn Jorgensen, Peter Grootenboer and Peter Sullivan. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-4021-84-5_6

Language for learning in indigenous classrooms: foundations for literacy and numeracy

2012

Conference Publication

Teachers telling students: informings in an Indigenous classroom

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2012). Teachers telling students: informings in an Indigenous classroom. AIEMCA 2012 Biennial Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 29-30 November 2012.

Teachers telling students: informings in an Indigenous classroom

2011

Book Chapter

Turn management in Garrwa mixed-language conversations

Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2011). Turn management in Garrwa mixed-language conversations. Indigenous language and social identity: Papers in honour of Michael Walsh. (pp. 207-221) edited by Brett Baker, Ilana Mushin, Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Pacific Linguistics.

Turn management in Garrwa mixed-language conversations

2010

Journal Article

Code-switching as an interactional resource in Garrwa/Kriol talk-in-interaction

Mushin, Ilana (2010). Code-switching as an interactional resource in Garrwa/Kriol talk-in-interaction. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 30 (4), 471-496. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2010.518556

Code-switching as an interactional resource in Garrwa/Kriol talk-in-interaction

2010

Journal Article

An Introduction to 'Studies in Australian Indigenous Conversation'

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2010). An Introduction to 'Studies in Australian Indigenous Conversation'. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 30 (4), 393-396. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2010.518552

An Introduction to 'Studies in Australian Indigenous Conversation'

2009

Journal Article

The underlying orderliness of turn-taking: Examples from Australian talk

Gardner, Rod, Fitzgerald, Richard and Mushin, Ilana (2009). The underlying orderliness of turn-taking: Examples from Australian talk. Australian Journal of Communication, 36 (3), 65-90.

The underlying orderliness of turn-taking: Examples from Australian talk

2008

Book Chapter

Clause-initial position in four Australian languages

Simpson, Jane and Mushin, Ilana (2008). Clause-initial position in four Australian languages. Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages. (pp. 25-57) edited by Mushin, Ilana and Baker, Brett. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/slcs.104.05sim

Clause-initial position in four Australian languages

2008

Book Chapter

Discourse and grammar in Australian languages

Baker, Brett and Mushin, Ilana (2008). Discourse and grammar in Australian languages. Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages. (pp. 1-23) edited by Mushin, Ilana and Baker, Brett. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/slcs.104.04bak

Discourse and grammar in Australian languages

2008

Book Chapter

Diverging paths: Variation in Garrwa tense/aspect clitic placement

Mushin, Ilana (2008). Diverging paths: Variation in Garrwa tense/aspect clitic placement. Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages. (pp. 87-109) edited by Mushin, Ilana and Baker, Brett. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/slcs.104.07mus

Diverging paths: Variation in Garrwa tense/aspect clitic placement

2007

Journal Article

Post-start-up overlap and disattentiveness in talk in a Garrwa community

Gardner, R. and Mushin, I. (2007). Post-start-up overlap and disattentiveness in talk in a Garrwa community. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 30 (3), 35.1-35.14. doi: 10.2104/aral0735

Post-start-up overlap and disattentiveness in talk in a Garrwa community

2007

Edited Outputs

Selected papers from the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society

Ilana Mushin and Mary Laughren eds. (2007). Selected papers from the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society. 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society, St Lucia, Australia, 7-9 July 2006.

Selected papers from the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society

2006

Journal Article

Review of: Epistemic stance in English conversation: A description of its interactional functions, with a focus on I think By Elise Kärkkäinen

Mushin, Ilana (2006). Review of: Epistemic stance in English conversation: A description of its interactional functions, with a focus on I think By Elise Kärkkäinen. Discourse Studies, 8 (3), 463-464. doi: 10.1177/146144560600800306

Review of: Epistemic stance in English conversation: A description of its interactional functions, with a focus on I think By Elise Kärkkäinen

2006

Book Chapter

Remembering another's experience: Epistemological stance and evaluation in narrative retelling

Mushin, I (2006). Remembering another's experience: Epistemological stance and evaluation in narrative retelling. Language and Memory: Aspects of Knowledge Representation. (pp. 387-408) edited by H. Pishwa. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

Remembering another's experience: Epistemological stance and evaluation in narrative retelling

2006

Journal Article

Motivations for second position: Evidence from North-Central Australia

Mushin, Ilana (2006). Motivations for second position: Evidence from North-Central Australia. Linguistic Typology, 10 (3), 287-326. doi: 10.1515/LINGTY.2006.010

Motivations for second position: Evidence from North-Central Australia

2005

Journal Article

Narrative Functions of Clause Linkage in Garrwa: a perpective analysis

Mushin, I. (2005). Narrative Functions of Clause Linkage in Garrwa: a perpective analysis. Studies in Language, 29 (1), 1-33. doi: 10.1075/sl.29.1.02mus

Narrative Functions of Clause Linkage in Garrwa: a perpective analysis

2005

Journal Article

Word order pragmatics and narrative functions in Garrwa

Mushin, Ilana (2005). Word order pragmatics and narrative functions in Garrwa. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 25 (2), 253-273. doi: 10.1080/07268600500233027

Word order pragmatics and narrative functions in Garrwa

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

    Overlapping talk in Bahasa Indonesian Conversations

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sanako Mitsugi

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Advice-giving in PhD supervision meetings

    Principal 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

  • 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

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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