Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170104607

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170104607

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Language and ethnic boundaries. This project aims to use language to study the causes and effects of ethnic diversity, focusing on a Southeast Asian case study. In the isolated Nam Noy valley of Laos, three groups live in close contact and insist on maintaining linguistic and ethnic differences, but have stable interethnic social relations. This project will document the three languages and their communities’ social relations; measure the convergence among the languages; and test causal explanations of the relation between language convergence and stability of culture boundaries. The project expects to provide a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying ethnic and cultural diversity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 30-06-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $638,500.00

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)

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Communication Across Languages and Culture | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture |

Other Keywords

Communication Across Languages and Culture | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) | Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Linguistics

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