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Carmel O'Shannessy | |
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| Academic background | |
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| Thesis | Language contact and children's bilingual acquisition: learning a mixed language and Warlpiri in northern Australia. (2006) |
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| Discipline | Linguistics |
Sub-discipline | Language documentation, language contact, Australian languages, language acquisition |
| Institutions | The Australian National University |
| Website | ANU Faculty Page |
Carmel O'Shannessy is an Australian linguistics professor at the Australian National University. She is particularly known for her work on language contact in Australia, having described and documented what is now known as Light Warlpiri.[1][2] Her research combines her expertise in linguistics with a teaching background. She worked as a teacher in Indigenous schools in Australia's Northern Territory in the 1990s. Since 2017, she has been Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University.
Biography
[edit]O'Shannessy received her PhD from the University of Sydney and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in 2007.[3] From 2007-2017, she taught at the University of Michigan, and since 2017 she has taught and supervised students at the Australian National University.[3]
O'Shannessy has worked closely with Lajamanu speakers of Warlpiri and Light Warlpiri in her research.[4] O'Shannessy first documented the language in 2005.[5] O'Shannessy further observed the Lajamanu code-switching between Light Warlpiri, English, and creole.[4] She is credited with discovering the use of Light Warlpiri through observations of children speakers, recognizing distinctions from how adults spoke.[6] O'Shannessy has described its grammar as having a "unique and radical" structure.[7]
She has received funding for her work on Light Warlpiri and language acquisition in the Northern Territories from the National Science Foundation[8] and through the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship programme.[9] O'Shannessy has spoken positively about language revitalization, pointing to examples of Indigenous people seeking out and learning their languages.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dr Carmel O'Shannessy". Researchers. Australian National University. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ Bakalar, Nicholas (14 July 2013). "A Village Invents a Language All Its Own (Published 2013)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- 1 2 "Carmel O'Shannessy". orcid.org.
- 1 2 Memmott, Mark (16 July 2013). "LISTEN: 'Light Warlpiri,' The New Language In Australia". NPR. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ de Lazaro, Enrico (18 June 2013). "Light Warlpiri: New Study Sheds Light on Origins of Recently Discovered Australian Language". Sci.News. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ Svoboda, Elizabeth (12 February 2019). "Where Do New Languages Come From?". Discover. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "U of M Professor discovers 'radical' new language in Australia". Michigan Public. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "NEH and NSF award more than $4 million to preserve nearly 40 languages". National Endowment for the Humanities (Press release). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "ALS Newsletter November 2019". Australian Linguistic Society. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ Browning, Daniel (7 July 2017). "NAIDOC Week: Indigenous languages aren't dead, just sleeping — and this is why they matter". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
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