Alexandra Aikhenvald

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Alexandra Aikhenvald
R.M.W. Dixon
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Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisStructural and Typological Classification of Berber Languages (1984)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
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Alexandra Yurievna "Sasha" Aikhenvald (Eichenwald)

FAHA is an Australian-Brazilian[1] linguist specialising in linguistic typology and the Arawak language family (including Tariana) of the Brazilian Amazon basin. She is a professorial research fellow at Central Queensland University[2]

Biography

Alexandra Aikhenvald was born to a grandson of

Classical studies in university.[3] A friend taught her German during her high school years, and she also mastered French
.

Aikhenvald earned her undergraduate degree from

Berber Languages" (1984).[4] She published the first Russian grammar of modern Hebrew in 1985. She also mastered Yiddish
, the language of her grandparents, which was, however, never spoken at home.

In 1989–1992, Aikhenvald did research work in Brazil, where she mastered Portuguese, learnt five Brazilian Indian languages, and wrote a grammar of the Tariana language. In 1993 she started her work in Australia, first at Australian National University, later at La Trobe University.[4]

In 1996, the expert on Australian aboriginal languages

R. M. W. Dixon founded The Language and Culture Research Group.[8]

She speaks Tok Pisin, and has written a grammar of the Sepik language Manambu, a language she self-professedly occasionally dreams in.[9][10]

Research work

Aikhenvald has published work on

East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea
), alongside a number of articles and monographs on various aspects of linguistic typology.

She has worked on language contact, with reference to the multilingual area of the

Arawak languages, in addition to a Tariana–Portuguese
dictionary (available online).

Awards and honors

Aikhenvald was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1999.[14] In 2012, she was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship.[15]

Publications

  • Non-canonical marking of subjects and objects, 2001
  • Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance : problems in comparative linguistics, 2001
  • Evidentiality, 2004
  • The Manambu language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 2008
  • Imperatives and commands, 2010

References

  1. ^ a b Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Aikenvald Linguistics. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald". CQ University. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Me and other languages" - A.Y. Aikhenvald's interview with ABC Radio National, 9 February 2008
  4. ^ a b c Dr. Aikhenvald's CV (at JCU site; accessed 20 December 2009)[dead link]
  5. ^ Research Centre for Linguistic Typology: Ten Years' Achievements (2006)
  6. ^ RCLT Newsletter, 2009
  7. ^ "Contact Us - JCU Australia". secure.jcu.edu.au. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  8. ^ "LINGUIST List 20.138: Language and culture research group at James Cook University". The LINGUIST List. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  9. ^ Alexandra Aikhenvald [The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea] Oxford University Press, 2008 p.xvi.
  10. ^ Maria Zijlstra (ed.) 'Me & other languages,''RN summer series, part 1: 9 February 2008:'When I travelled to New Guinea, I had to learn Tok Pisin -- the major language of Papua New Guinea, a really delightful enterprise. Manambu is my other favourite language, in which I dream every so often.'
  11. ISBN 0-19-925785-X
  12. ISBN 0-19-926466-X
  13. ISBN 0-19-926388-4
  14. ^ "Fellow Profile: Alexandra Aikhenvald". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  15. ^ "JCU two join elite of researchers". James Cook University. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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