[HTML][HTML] On the road again: Displaying knowledge of place in multiparty conversations in the remote Australian outback

L Stirling, R Gardner, I Mushin, J Blythe… - Journal of Pragmatics, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article we examine displays of epistemic status and stance among long-term Anglo-
Australian residents of remote communities through a case study of a 2-h interaction by four …

Frames of spatial reference in five Australian languages

B Palmer, D Hoffmann, J Blythe, A Gaby… - Spatial Cognition & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Australian Indigenous languages are widely cited as depending overwhelmingly on abstract
cardinal terms for spatial reference. However, considerable under-recognized diversity …

Using a geospatial approach to document and analyse locational points in face-to-face conversation

F Possemato, J Blythe, C de Dear… - Language …, 2021 - lddjournal.org
This paper presents a geospatial framework for the documentation and analysis of naturally-
occurring locational points in interaction. This novel approach aims to provide a set of …

Locational pointing in Murrinhpatha, Gija, and English conversations

C de Dear, J Blythe, F Possemato, L Stirling, R Gardner… - Gesture, 2021 - jbe-platform.com
It has been suggested that the gestural accuracy used by speakers of Australian Aboriginal
languages like Guugu Yimidhirr and Arrernte to indicate directions and represent …

From the field into the lab: causal approaches to the evolution of spatial language

J Nölle, M Spranger - Linguistics Vanguard, 2022 - degruyter.com
Striking variation exists in preferences for specific spatial linguistic strategies among
different speech communities. Increasing evidence now suggests that this might not simply …

The influence of language, culture, and environment on the use of spatial referencing in a multilingual context: Taiwan as a test case

YT Lin - Linguistics Vanguard, 2022 - degruyter.com
This study examines the Sociotopographic Model (Palmer, Bill, Jonathon Lum, Jonathan
Schlossberg & Alice Gaby. 2017. How does the environment shape spatial language …

Geospatial natural language in indigenous Australia: Research priorities

B Palmer, J Blythe, A Gaby, D Hoffmann… - Speaking of Location …, 2019 - hal.science
Australian languages are widely believed to exemplify abstract spatial conceptual systems,
manifest as cardinal terms. In fact, Australian languages typically make heavy use of terms …

Cross-generational differences in linguistic and cognitive spatial frames of reference in Negev Arabic

L Cerqueglini - Linguistics Vanguard, 2022 - degruyter.com
This paper analyses the impact of landscape on linguistic and cognitive spatial frames of
reference (FoRs) in three generations of speakers of Negev Arabic (NA): Traditional (TNA) …

Diversity in representing space within and between language communities

J Lum, B Palmer, J Schlossberg, A Gaby - Linguistics Vanguard, 2022 - degruyter.com
Few areas of cognition are as fundamental to our lives as representing physical space.
However, the way languages represent space varies widely, as does non-linguistic spatial …

[PDF][PDF] Place reference and pointing in Gija conversation

C de Dear - Sydney: Macquarie University. Master of Research …, 2019 - figshare.mq.edu.au
This thesis investigates place reference in conversations conducted in Gija; an endangered
Australian Aboriginal language from the East Kimberley region, northern Western Australia …