ECR & Student Sub-Committee
The Centre has an Early Career Researchers (ECR) and Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student Sub-Committee that reports to the Executive Committee. All Centre ECRs and students are encouraged to talk to their represenatives about any issues/suggestions on the Centre's directions and organisation. The committee reports regularly to the Centre's Executive Committee.
The Sub-Committee's role
- To ensure that ECRs and students are represented and can have an impact on Centre directions and management
- To ensure that communication of information about events and activities occurs across and within nodes
- To provide ECR and students with a local point of contact to assist in identifying any issues or challenges
- To assist in the communication of Centre research directions across nodes (by setting up a regular broadcast of interviews/talks of local members)
- To assist in the Centre's induction process for new members
Sub-Committee Members

Laurence Bruggeman
- Title: WSU Node ECR Representative
- Program: Processing
- Institution: Western Sydney University
Recent Publications
Acoustic cues to coda stop voicing contrasts in Australian English-speaking children
Bibliography
Julian Millasseau, Ivan Yuen, Laurence Bruggeman, and Katherine Demuth. 2021. "Acoustic cues to coda stop voicing contrasts in Australian English-speaking children." Journal of Child Language. 48 (2): 1-19. doi: 10.1017/S0305000920000781.
Temporal cues to onset voicing contrasts in Australian English-speaking children
Bibliography
Julien Millasseau, Laurence Bruggeman, Ivan Yuen, and Katherine Demuth. 2021. "Temporal cues to onset voicing contrasts in Australian English-speaking children." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 149 (1): 348-356. doi: 10.1121/10.0003060.
The acquisition of acoustic cues to onset and coda voicing contrasts by preschoolers with hearing loss
Bibliography
Laurence Bruggeman, Julien Millasseau, Ivan Yuen, and Katherine Demuth. 2021. "The acquisition of acoustic cues to onset and coda voicing contrasts by preschoolers with hearing loss." Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 64 (12): 4631-4648. doi: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00311.
Children with hearing loss can predict during sentence processing
Bibliography
Rebecca Holt, Laurence Bruggeman, and Katherine Demuth. 2021. "Children with hearing loss can predict during sentence processing." Cognition. 212 (104684): 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104684.
Visual speech cues speed processing and reduce effort for children listening in quiet and noise
Bibliography
Rebecca Holt, Laurence Bruggeman, and Katherine Demuth. 2020. "Visual speech cues speed processing and reduce effort for children listening in quiet and noise." Applied Psycholinguistics. 41 (4): 933-961. doi: 10.1017/S0142716420000302.

Lucinda Davidson
- Title: UM Node ECR Representative
- Program: Learning
- Institution: The University of Melbourne
Recent Publications
Using Categories to Assert Authority in Murrinhpatha-Speaking Children’s Talk
Bibliography
Lucinda Davidson. 2022. "Using Categories to Assert Authority in Murrinhpatha-Speaking Children’s Talk." Research on Language and Social Interaction. doi: 10.1080/08351813.2022.2026161.
Child language documentation: The sketch acquisition project
Bibliography
Hellwif, Birgit, Defina, Rebecca, Kidd, Evan, Allen, Shanley, Davidson, Lucinda, Kelly, Barbara F, Haig, Geoffrey, Schnell, Stefan, and Seifart, Frank. 2021. "Child language documentation: The sketch acquisition project". In Doing Corpus-Based Typology With Spoken Language Corpora, 29–58. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press.
The pragmatics of managing children's distress in Murrinhpatha, a traditional Australian language
Bibliography
Lucinda Davidson, and Barbara Kelly. 2021. "The pragmatics of managing children's distress in Murrinhpatha, a traditional Australian language." Journal of Pragmatics. 184 (1): 167-184. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.08.008.
Language Contact and Change through Child First Language Acquisition
Bibliography
O'Shannessy, Carmel, Davidson, Lucinda, and Hickey, Raymond. 2020. "Language Contact and Change through Child First Language Acquisition". In The Handbook of Language Contact, 67-91. John Wiley & Sons Ltd..
Allies and adversaries: categories in Murrinhpatha speaking children's talk
Bibliography
Lucinda Davidson. 2018. Allies and adversaries: categories in Murrinhpatha speaking children's talk. Melbourne : University of Melbourne PhD Thesis.

Tina Gregor
- Title: ANU Node Student Representative
- Program: Shape
- Institution: The Australian National University
Recent Publications
A phonetic description of Yelmek
Bibliography
Gregor, Tina. 2021. "A phonetic description of Yelmek". In Phonetic fieldwork in Southern New Guinea, 13-32. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii.
A documentation and description of Yelmek
Bibliography
Tina Gregor. 2021. A documentation and description of Yelmek. Canberra : Australian National University PhD thesis.
Gender/number syncretism in Yelmek verbal suppletion
Bibliography
James Gray, and Tina Gregor. 2019. "Gender/number syncretism in Yelmek verbal suppletion". In Proceedings of GLOW in Asia XII and SICOGG XXI, 111-125. Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Amanda Hamilton-Hollaway
- Title: UQ Node Student Representative
- Program: Shape
- Institution: The University of Queensland
Recent Publications
Lend me your verbs: Verb borrowing between Jingulu and Mudburra
Bibliography
Felicity Meakins, Rob Pensalfini, Caitlin Zipf, and Amanda Hamilton-Hollaway. 2020. "Lend me your verbs: Verb borrowing between Jingulu and Mudburra." Australian Journal of Linguistics. 40 (3): 296-318. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2020.1804830.
Mudburra to English Dictionary
Bibliography
Rebecca Green, Jennifer Green, Amanda Hamilton-Hollaway, Felicity Meakins, David Osgarby, and Rob Pensalfini. 2019. Mudburra to English Dictionary. Canberra (ACT), Australia : Aboriginal Studies Press.
Review of Languages in contact by Lisa Lim and Umberto Ansaldo
Bibliography
Amanda Hamilton-Hollaway. 2018. "Review of Languages in contact by Lisa Lim and Umberto Ansaldo." Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 33 (2): 433 - 437. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.00022.ham.

Bruno Olsson
- Title: ANU Node ECR Representative
- Program: Evolution
- Institution: The Australian National University
Recent Publications
Petrus Drabbe's Coastal Marind texts. Part II: Text in the Far Western Dialect
Bibliography
Bruno Olsson. 2021. Petrus Drabbe's Coastal Marind texts. Part II: Text in the Far Western Dialect. Papua New Guinea : Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea.
A Grammar of Coastal Marind
Bibliography
Bruno Olsson. 2021. A Grammar of Coastal Marind. Berlin, Boston : De Gruyter Mouton.
Petrus Drabbe's Coastal Marind texts. Part I: Texts in the Eastern Dialect
Bibliography
Bruno Olsson. 2021. Petrus Drabbe's Coastal Marind texts. Part I: Texts in the Eastern Dialect. Papua New Guinea : Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea.
Introduction
Bibliography
Di Garbo, Francesca, Olsson, Bruno, and Walchli, Bernhard. 2019. "Introduction". In Grammatical gender and linguistic complexity II: World-wide comparative studies, 1-13. Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press.
The gender system of Coastal Marind
Bibliography
Olsson, Bruno. 2019. "The gender system of Coastal Marind". In Grammatical gender and linguistic complexity I: General issues and specific studies, 197-223. Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press.

Gloria Pino Escobar
- Title: WSU Node Student Representative
- Program: Learning
- Institution: Western Sydney University
Recent Publications
Four-Year-Old's Online Versus Face-to-Face Word Learning via eBooks
Bibliography
Paola Escudero, Gloria Pino Escobar, Charlotte G Casey, and Kristyn Sommer. 2021. "Four-Year-Old's Online Versus Face-to-Face Word Learning via eBooks." Frontiers in Psychology. 12 (610925): 1-8. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.610975.
Vocabulary matters! The relationship between verbal fluency and measures of inhibitory control in monolingual and bilingual children
Bibliography
Gloria Pino Escobar, Marina Kalashnikova, and Paola Escudero. 2018. "Vocabulary matters! The relationship between verbal fluency and measures of inhibitory control in monolingual and bilingual children." Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,. 170: 177-189. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.01.012.
The bilingual advantage in the language processing domain: Evidence from the Verbal Fluency Task
Bibliography
Gloria Pino Escobar, Marina Kalashnikova, and Paola Escudero. 2016. "The bilingual advantage in the language processing domain: Evidence from the Verbal Fluency Task". In Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, 129-132. Parramatta, Australia.
Speech normalization across speaker, sex and accent variation is handled similarly by listeners of different language backgrounds
Bibliography
Gloria Pino Escobar, Josephine Terry, Buddhamas Kriengwatana, and Paola Escudero. 2016. "Speech normalization across speaker, sex and accent variation is handled similarly by listeners of different language backgrounds". In Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, 161-164. Parramatta, Australia.

Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia
- Title: UQ Node ECR Representative
- Program: Shape/Evolution
Recent Publications
Distinção ternária de número e concordância em línguas Jê Centrais (Macro-Jê)
Bibliography
Cabra, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara, Xavante, Eliseu Waduipi, Rojas-Berscia, Luis Miguel, and Maxwell, Miranda. 2020. "Distinção ternária de número e concordância em línguas Jê Centrais (Macro-Jê)". In Línguas e Culturas Macro-Jê: Saberes entrecuzados, 353-392. Barra do Garças: UFMT/GEDELLI.
The Chachapuya language and Proto-Kawapanan: lexical affinities and hypothetical contact scenarios
Bibliography
Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia. 2020. "The Chachapuya language and Proto-Kawapanan: lexical affinities and hypothetical contact scenarios." Indiana. 37 (1): 155-188. doi: 10.18441/ind.v37i1.155-188.
Shawi (Chayahuita)
Bibliography
Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia, Andrés Napurí, and Lei Wang. 2020. "Shawi (Chayahuita)." Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 50 (3): 417-430. doi: 10.1017/S0025100318000415.
Mixing and semantic transparency in the genesis of Yilan Japanese
Bibliography
Rojas-Berscia, Luis Miguel, Smith, Norval, Veenstra, Tonjes, and Aboh, Enoch Oladé. 2020. "Mixing and semantic transparency in the genesis of Yilan Japanese". In Advances in Contact Linguistics: In hour of Pieter Muysken, 262-282. John Benjamins.
O português dos jovens da aldeia Afukuri: notas sobre o contato linguístico no Alto Xingu notas sobre o contato linguístico no Alto Xingu
Bibliography
Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia, Douglas William Pereira, and Makukan Mehinaku Kuikuro. 2020. "O português dos jovens da aldeia Afukuri: notas sobre o contato linguístico no Alto Xingu notas sobre o contato linguístico no Alto Xingu." Brazilian Journal of Anthropological Linguistics. 12 (1): 17-35. doi: 10.26512/rbla.v12i1.31045.

Sasha Wilmoth
- Title: UM Node Student Representative
- Program: Shape
- Institution: The University of Melbourne
Recent Publications
They Talk Muṯumuṯu: Variable Elision of Tense Suffixes in Contemporary Pitjantjatjara
Bibliography
Sasha Wilmoth, Rebecca Defina, and Deborah Loakes. 2021. "They Talk Muṯumuṯu: Variable Elision of Tense Suffixes in Contemporary Pitjantjatjara." Languages. 6 (2): 69. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/languages6020069.
Inflectional predictability and prosodic morphology in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara
Bibliography
Sasha Wilmoth, and John Mansfield. 2021. "Inflectional predictability and prosodic morphology in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara." Morphology. 31 (4): 355–381. doi: 10.1007/s11525-021-09380-y.
Overabundance resulting from language contact: Complex cell-mates in Gurindji Kriol
Bibliography
Meakins, Felicity, Wilmoth, Sasha, Arkadiev, Peter, and Gardani, Francesco. 2020. "Overabundance resulting from language contact: Complex cell-mates in Gurindji Kriol". In Morphological Complexity, 81-104. Oxford: Oxford University Press.