Contact Details
| Organization: | Languages and Linguistics |
| Position: | Honorary (Professorial Fellow) |
| Homepage: | http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/profiles/evans/ |
| Work: | 8344 8988 |
| Fax: | 9347 2613 |
| Room: | 526 |
| Level: | 05 |
| Building: | Arts Centre |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Australian Aboriginal languages | Australia |
| Other Endangered Languages | Australia |
| Anthropological Linguistics | Australia |
| Language Typology | Australia |
| Historical Linguistics | Australia |
| Semantics | Australia |
International Linkages
| Country | Establishment | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | University of Cologne | Exchange, Research, Teaching |
| Netherlands | Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics | Research |
| United Kingdom | University of Surrey | Research |
| Mexico | University of Sonora | Teaching |
| Mexico | Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social - CIESAS | Research, Teaching |
| Guatemala | OKMA - Oxlajuuj Keej Maya' Ajtz'iib' | Research, Teaching |
| Argentina | University of Buenos Aires | Research, Teaching |
| Japan | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature | Research |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Science | The Australian National University | 31-Dec-1979 | |
| Master of Arts | The Australian National University | 31-Dec-1982 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | The Australian National University | 31-Dec-1986 |
Fellowships
| Fellowship | Date Awarded |
|---|---|
| Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Geomorphology (GEOLOGY) (260114)
- Land and Parks Management (LAND, PARKS AND AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT) (300902)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology (ANTHROPOLOGY) (370302)
- Linguistic Anthropology (ANTHROPOLOGY) (370303)
- Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology) (PSYCHOLOGY) (380103)
- Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics (LINGUISTICS) (380201)
- Computational Linguistics (LINGUISTICS) (380202)
- Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science (LINGUISTICS) (380204)
- Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) (LINGUISTICS) (380205)
- Language in Time & Space (incl. Hist Ling, Dialectology) (LINGUISTICS) (380206)
- Ling. Structures (incl Gram, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantic) (LINGUISTICS) (380207)
- Lexicography (LINGUISTICS) (380208)
- Linguistics not elsewhere classified (LINGUISTICS) (380299)
- Music (PERFORMING ARTS) (410101)
- Aboriginal Languages (LANGUAGE STUDIES) (420103)
- Language Studies not elsewhere classified (LANGUAGE STUDIES) (420199)
- Aboriginal Cultural Studies (CULTURAL STUDIES) (420305)
- Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherer Soc (incl Pleistocene Arch) (ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY) (430201)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- The performing arts (incl. music, theatre and dance) (ARTS AND LEISURE) (750201)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage (HERITAGE) (750805)
- Understanding Australia's past (UNDERSTANDING PAST SOCIETIES) (750901)
- Languages and literature (COMMUNICATION) (751001)
- Languages and literacy (COMMUNICATION) (751002)
- Communication across languages and cultures (COMMUNICATION) (751005)
- Managing collections (COMMUNICATION) (751006)
- Communication not elsewhere classified (COMMUNICATION) (751099)
- Rights to environmental and natural resources (ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE EVALUATION) (760203)
- Integrated (ecosystem) (OTHER INCL. ISLANDS) (779905)
- Studies in human society (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780107)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Scheme | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reciprocals across languages | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2003 |
| Yiwarruj, yinyman, radbiyi Ida mali: Iwaidja & other endangered languages of the Cobourg Peninsula (Australia) in their cultural context | Chief Investigator | VOLKSWAGEN STIFTUNG | Cooperative Projects | 01/01/2003 |
| SHARING ACCESS AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC DIGITAL MEDIA USING HIGH SPEED NETWORKS | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | ARC Special Research Initiatives E-Research | 01/01/2005 |
| Social cognition and language the design resources of grammatical diversity | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2008 |
| ISOLATION, INSULARITY AND CHANGE IN ISLAND POPULATIONS - AN INTERDISPLINARY STUDY OF ABORIGINAL CULTURAL PATTERNS IN THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA | Chief Investigator | UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND | Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.