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10th Australian Languages Workshop- 11-13 March 2011
10th Australian Languages Workshop
11-13 March 2011
North Stradbroke Island (QLD)
The tenth annual Australian Languages Workshop (ALW) will be hosted by the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Queensland (UQ).
The workshop will reflect the work going on in Australian languages in universities, language centres and community groups around Australia.
In 2011, the theme is 'Grammatical aspects of post-colonial language contact'.
The venue is the UQ Moreton Bay Research Station (North Stradbroke Island).
Enquiries should be directed to:
Friday 11 March 2011
10:00-10:30 Induction and welcome
10:30-11:00 Margaret Iselin 'Minjerribah-Moorgmpin Elders (Stradbroke and
10:00-10:30 Induction and welcome
10:30-11:00 Margaret Iselin 'Minjerribah-Moorgmpin Elders (Stradbroke and
Moreton Island) dictionary project'
11:30-12:00 Joy Bonner and Jeanie Bell 'The current use of the Batjala language
in the Hervey Bay region noting any significant linguistic evidence
indicating an emerging hybrid or mixed language'
12:00-1:30 Lunch
in the Hervey Bay region noting any significant linguistic evidence
indicating an emerging hybrid or mixed language'
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Christina Eira 'Grammatical analysis of revival languages and where
it can take us'
2:00-2:30 Cris Edmonds-Wathen 'Too Hard? Simplifying language shift
at Minjilang'
it can take us'
2:00-2:30 Cris Edmonds-Wathen 'Too Hard? Simplifying language shift
at Minjilang'
2:30-3:00 Tonya Stebbins and Vicki Couzens 'Revival Languages are
living languages: A Strength Based Approach'
3:00-3:30 Afternoon tea
3:30-4:00 Luise Hercus 'The use of grammatical forms in Wangkangurru songs,
and some comparative data'
living languages: A Strength Based Approach'
3:00-3:30 Afternoon tea
3:30-4:00 Luise Hercus 'The use of grammatical forms in Wangkangurru songs,
and some comparative data'
6:30pm Launch of Christina Eira's 'Fragments of Budderer's Waddy: a new
Narungga grammar' (Jane Simpson)
Saturday 12 March 2011
9:00-9:30 Patrick McConvell and Jane Simpson 'Moving along
the grammaticalisation path: Locative and allative
marking of non-finiteclauses and secondary
predications in Australian languages'
the grammaticalisation path: Locative and allative
marking of non-finiteclauses and secondary
predications in Australian languages'
9:30-10:00 Felicity Meakins and Carmel O'Shannessy 'Typological constraints on
co/verb integration in two Australian mixed languages'
co/verb integration in two Australian mixed languages'
10:00-10:30 Greg Dickson 'Talking Kriol, Roper style'
10:30-11:00 Morning tea
11:00-11:30 Alice Gaby 'Where went 'west'? The adoption of
English communicative norms in speaking about space'
11:30-12:00 Robert Mailhammer 'Indigenous grammatical influence on Aboriginal
English in Northwestern Arnhem Land: aspects of Cobourg Peninsula
Aboriginal English'
12:00-12:30 Sally Dixon 'Alyawarr English: a new Australian mixed language?'
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Harold Koch 'The evolution of kinship terminology in
W.A. Pama-Nyungan language'
2:00-2:30 Nick Evans and Murray Garde 'Too many triangles: form, meaning,
etymology and pragmatics of Kunderbi trirelational terms'
11:00-11:30 Alice Gaby 'Where went 'west'? The adoption of
English communicative norms in speaking about space'
11:30-12:00 Robert Mailhammer 'Indigenous grammatical influence on Aboriginal
English in Northwestern Arnhem Land: aspects of Cobourg Peninsula
Aboriginal English'
12:00-12:30 Sally Dixon 'Alyawarr English: a new Australian mixed language?'
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Harold Koch 'The evolution of kinship terminology in
W.A. Pama-Nyungan language'
2:00-2:30 Nick Evans and Murray Garde 'Too many triangles: form, meaning,
etymology and pragmatics of Kunderbi trirelational terms'
2:30-3:00 Brett Baker and Marie-elaine Van Egmond 'On the
relationship between Enindhilyakwa and Wubuy and its
implications for deep reconstruction'
relationship between Enindhilyakwa and Wubuy and its
implications for deep reconstruction'
3:00-3:30 Afternoon tea
3:30-6:00 Stradbroke Island through Indigenous eyes. A tour of
Stradbroke Island with Brian Coghill (no extra cost)
Sunday 13 March 2011
8:30-9:00 Adam Chong 'Lenition and fortition in Australian languages'
Stradbroke Island with Brian Coghill (no extra cost)
Sunday 13 March 2011
8:30-9:00 Adam Chong 'Lenition and fortition in Australian languages'
9:00-9:30 Rikke L. Bundgaard-Nielsen 'The perception and production
of Wubuy coronal stops'
of Wubuy coronal stops'
10:00-10:30 Morning tea
10:30-11:00 Ilana Mushin 'A preliminary analysis of the Garrwa
'discourse marker barri'
11:00-11:30 Patrick Caudal, Laurent Roussarie, Alan Dench, Marie-Eve Ritz 'A
semantic type-driven account of verb-formation patterns in Panyjima'
11:30-12:00 Ruth Singer 'You want to do what with what? Interaction
between verbal gender agreement and selection in the Mawng verb'
12:00-1:00 Lunch
semantic type-driven account of verb-formation patterns in Panyjima'
11:30-12:00 Ruth Singer 'You want to do what with what? Interaction
between verbal gender agreement and selection in the Mawng verb'
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Marie-elaine Van Egmond 'External Possession in
Enindhilyakwa: an appositional analysis'
Enindhilyakwa: an appositional analysis'
1:30-2:00 Patrick Caudal, Martina Faller and John Henderson 'The
Arrernte Quotative'
2:00-2:30 Rachel Nordlinger and Patrick Caudall ‘Counterfactuals and the
irrealis in Murrinh-Patha’
Arrernte Quotative'
2:00-2:30 Rachel Nordlinger and Patrick Caudall ‘Counterfactuals and the
irrealis in Murrinh-Patha’
IMPORTANT: THERE WILL BE SOME FREE TRANSPORT FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE ISLAND AVAILABLE. STUDENTS AND UNWAGED WILL BE PRIORITISED. EMAIL Felicity Meakins IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS.
We recommend the following itinerary to get to the workshop which begins at 10am:
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Arrive Brisbane domestic Airport by 7.00am
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EITHER
taxi to Cleveland Ferry terminal (approx $81)
We recommend sharing a taxi (group of 4) as this is same price as train and much quicker.
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OR
7.28 train to Central and change to 8.18 train to Cleveland
(approx $22)
Take courtesy bus from station to Ferry terminal. As you walk out of Cleveland station, turn right. The bus leaves from the corner.
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Catch 9.55 Stradbroke Flyer GoldCat ferry ($19 return, $13 one way)
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Walk 10 minutes through the caravan park to the Research Station
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This is what the research station looks like from the ferry:
If you wish to stay in Brisbane on Thursday night, we recommend a number of hostels/hotels which are near the main railway station (Roma Street) which will take you to Cleveland and the ferry on Friday morning.
A taxi from the airport to the city costs approximately $40. Alternatively you can catch the airtrain to Roma St station ($15 one way)
We recommend the following itinerary for those leaving from the Brisbane City hostels/hotels area:
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Leaving from Roma St Station
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7.20 train to Cleveland (approx $5)
Take courtesy bus from station to Ferry terminal. As you walk out of Cleveland station, turn right. The bus leaves from the corner.
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Catch 8.55 Stradbroke Flyer GoldCat ferry ($19 return, $13 one way)
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Walk 10 minutes through the caravan park to the Research Station
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Train tickets are cheaper if you book a return and you book online
IMPORTANT: YOU NEED TO ALLOW TWO HOURS TO GET TO THE AIRPORT FROM STRADBROKE ISLAND
Those who came with Felicity in the minibus will be driven back to the airport. For those who came independently, we recommend the following itinerary.
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Leaving from the Research Station
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Catch 3.55 Stradbroke Flyer GoldCat ferry ($19 return, $13 one way)
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EITHER
taxi to the domestic airport (approx $81)
We recommend sharing a taxi (group of 4) as this is same price as train and much quicker.
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Take courtesy bus from the ferry terminal to the station.
Take the 4:51 train to Park Rd (approx $5)
Take the 5:57 airport train to the domestic airport (cost $15). It will arrive at 6:34pm.
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Brisbane:
If you are staying in Brisbane on Thursday night, you need to arrange your own accommodation. Some recommendations follow:
Hostels in the City near Roma St station:
Brisbane City YHA Backpackers Hostel
392 Upper Roma Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Brisbane QLD 4000
Tinbilly Travellers
466 George St,
Brisbane QLD 4000
Brisbane City Backpackers
380 Upper Roma Street,
Brisbane QLD 4000
Hotels in the City near Roma St station:
Hotel Ibis
27-35 Turbot Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
(07) 3237 2333
Q Resorts Abbey Apartments
160 Roma Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
(07) 3236 0600
Park Regis
293 North Quay
Brisbane QLD 4000
(07) 3013 7200
Stradbroke Island:
The cost of the workshop includes accommodation. Most of the accommodation is quad share rooms with some exceptions.
If you wish to organise your own accommodation, you will need to stay in Dunwich. Accommodation can be found by googling 'North Stradbroke, Dunwich and accommodation' or ringing Dolphin Real Estate on (07 3409 8777). There is limited accommodation, however, because it is mostly booked out by the mining company.
(if you stay at the Research Station)
Handouts (you will not be able to make handouts there)
Your presentation on a USB stick (a computer will be available, though you may also use your own laptop)
Your laptop/projector adapter (if you are a Mac user)
A towel (sheets, pillows, blankets provided)
Swimming/surfing/diving gear
There is coin operated laundry
There is free wireless access and a projector
Important note about alcohol:
There is an official 'No alcohol' rule at Research station, however we have booked one of the houses across the road where we will be able to drink. There is also a club just down the road where we can drink.
The following workshop costs include accommodation and meals from Friday lunch to, and including, Sunday lunch. They do not include travel costs.
Accommodation and food at the Moreton Bay Research Station is $165
(Note: Although a student price was previously announced, Moreton Bay Research Station does not have a student price) Food only at the Moreton Bay Research Station: $80 for the three days
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