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James is a lecturer in linguistics at Charles Darwin University and an honorary lecturer at the Australian National University.
His research and teaching interests are focused around areas of language documentation and description, language revitalisation and maintenance practices, intersections between morphosyntax, semantics and pragmatics, and semantic and structural typology.
His research is collaborative and community-guided, having lived and worked in Mid-West Western Australia and in east Arnhem Land for over a decade. He works in collaboration with a number of First Nations language communities, particularly with the Badimia/Badimaya community in Mid-West WA, and with Warnumamalya communities on the Groote Eylandt archipelago in east Arnhem Land.
Current research interests and projects include:
- the semantics of tense, aspect, modality and event structure in Top End Australian languages
- methods for monolingual encyclopedic and lexicographic descriptions (incl. word storytelling, riddle-making and language games) (with the Groote Eylandt Language Centre) (CoEDL GFS Grant, 2021-22)
- Badimia/Badimaya language revitalisation, including the develoment of a community-led language learning/teaching online portal (with Kiara Rahman, Gary Passmore, Bundiyarra - Irra Wangga Language Centre and the Badimia Reference and Working Groups) (FLA PLSP Grant 'Badimia Online Portal Learning Resource', 2021-2023)
- expressing mathematical concepts in First Nations languages for teaching and learning in school contexts, particularly considering topics of geometric shape and spatial expression (with Cris Edmonds-Wathen and Groote Eylandt Bickerton Island Primary College Aboriginal Corporation (GEBIPCAC)) (CSFP Grant 'Identifying mathematical expression for teaching and learning mathematics in diverse Australian Indigenous languages' 2021-)
Visit James' personal website for more about current projects, downloadable papers and other information.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, L’expression de la temporalité, de l’aspectualité, et de la modalité en Anindilyakwa, la langue de Groote Eylandt, Australie, Université de Paris
Award Date: 7 Jul 2021
PhD, Temporal, aspectual and modal expression in Anindilyakwa, the language of the Groote Eylandt archipelago, Australia, Australian National University
Award Date: 21 Dec 2020
Bachelor of Arts (Honours, H1) in Linguistics, University of Western Australia
Award Date: 13 Mar 2012
Bachelor of Music (Performance), University of Western Australia
Award Date: 23 Mar 2011
Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics, Anthropology, French), University of Western Australia
Award Date: 22 Mar 2011
External positions
Secretary, Australian Linguistic Society
Honorary Lecturer, Australian National University
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DP210100228 Investing in Aboriginal Languages
Bird, S., Christie, M., Spencer, M. & Bednall, J.
1/03/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Onomatopoeia in Anindilyakwa
Bednall, J., 2024, Onomatopoeia in the World’s Languages: A Comparative Handbook. Körtvélyessy, L. & Štekauer, P. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, Vol. 10. p. 251-263 12 p. (Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics [CHL]).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Aspectuo-Temporal Underspecification in Anindilyakwa: Descriptive, Theoretical, Typological and Quantitative Issues
Caudal, P. & Bednall, J., Mar 2023, In: Languages. 8, 1, 8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modality and mood
Bednall, J., 20 Jul 2023, The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages. Bowern, C. (ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, p. 392-410 19 p. (Oxford Guides to the World's Languages).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Tense and aspect
Bednall, J., 20 Jul 2023, The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages. Bowern, C. (ed.). Oxford University Press, p. 378-391 14 p. (Oxford Guides to the World's Languages).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Yirriyengburnama-langwa mamawura-langwa: Talking about time in Anindilyakwa
Bednall, J., Jan 2023, Everywhen: Australia and the Language of Deep History. McGrath, A., Rademaker, L. & Troy, J. (eds.). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, p. 127-149 (New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review