Research outputs per year
Research outputs per year
Personal profile
Biography
I am fascinated by the rich diversity of human language, how languages change, differ and show similarities across time and space. I am particularly invested in documenting Australian Indigenous languages, supporting their maintenance and possible revival. I joined Western Sydney University in 2012. Before that I worked at universities in the US, Australia and in Germany. I have over 20 years experience in research and teaching at universities on three continents.
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Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy
Research keywords
- Historical Linguistics
- Australian Indigenous languages
- Language Contact
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Lenition, fortition, and lexical access in Iwaidja and Mawng
Bundgaard-Nielsen, R. L., Mailhammer, R., Baker, B. J., Wang, Y., Harvey, M. & Turner, C., 2025, In: Laboratory Phonology. 16, 1, 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Past marking in Australian Aboriginal English on Croker Island: local versus cross-variety patterns and principles
Hackert, S., Laliberté, C., Mailhammer, R., Wengler, D. & Zeidan, R., Mar 2025, In: Journal of English Linguistics. 53, 1, p. 32-62 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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When positioning mediates social judgements : life-stage, gender, and yeah-no in Australian English
Sherwood, S., Mailhammer, R. & Antoniou, M., Jun 2024, In: Languages. 9, 6, 25 p., 221.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variation, gender and perception : the social meaning of Japanese linguistic variables
Sherwood, S., Shaw, J. A., Kawahara, S., Mailhammer, R. & Antoniou, M., 2023, In: Linguistics. 61, 4, p. 959-995 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linear lengthening in Iwaidja : an event-quantifying intonation at the phonology to semantics/pragmatics interface
Caudal, P. & Mailhammer, R., Sept 2022, In: Languages. 7, 3, 23 p., 209.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)
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The building blocks of language: Words in Central Australian languages
Mailhammer, R. (PI)
1/07/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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CELINAC (Co-Etude d'une Langue INdigene Australienne en contexte Culturel)
Mailhammer, R. (PI)
5/05/23 → 30/03/25
Project: Research
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Libraries, Reading Communities and Cultural Formation in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic [via University of Liverpool]
Burrows, S. (PI), Mailhammer, R. (Investigator), Towsey, M. (Investigator), Sangster, M. (Investigator), Roberts, K. (Investigator), Yankaskas, L. (Investigator), Miller, L. (Investigator) & Schurer, N. (Investigator)
Arts & Humanities Research Council
1/07/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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A cross-linguistic investigation of the factors affecting ethnobiological knowledge transmission in Arnhem Land - Dr Aung Si [via ANU]
Mailhammer, R. (PI), Jones, C. (Investigator) & Si, A. (Investigator)
1/07/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Activities
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HCA School Research and Higher Degrees Committee (Event)
Mailhammer, R. (Member)
1 Jan 2016 → …Activity: Membership › Committee
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Major Area Convener Linguistics (Event)
Mailhammer, R. (Member)
1 Jan 2013 → …Activity: Membership › Committee