Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343379

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0343379

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cross-linguistic study of endangered Maluku languages: Eastern Indonesia and the Dutch diaspora. This project represents the first large scale investigation of Eastern Indonesian languages, and assembles an international team to examine language evolution through the interface between linguistic typology, language contact and language shift. This ground-breaking work includes a cross-linguistic analysis of structural features in ten Central Moluccan languages. It will test current theories of contact and shift through an innovative comparative analysis of data from speakers in the homeland and the Dutch diaspora. Outcomes will include grammars of six undescribed languages and crucial new insights about language cognition and simplification. Improved knowledge of this closely-neighbouring region will strengthen Australia's Asia-Pacific relations.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-01-2003

End Date: 30-01-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $232,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Linguistic Structures (Incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Communication Across Languages and Cultures | Communication Not Elsewhere Classified | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) | Linguistic Structures (Incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Linguistics

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