Contact Details
| Organization: | Languages and Linguistics |
| Position: | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/profiles/stirling/ |
| Work: | 83445192 |
| Fax: | 83448990 |
| Room: | 529 |
| Level: | 05 |
| Building: | Arts Centre |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
The book in which Lesley's 2002 chapter Stirling & Huddleston ‘Deixis and anaphora’ appeared, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, was awarded the 7th bi-annual Leonard Bloomfield Book Award by the Linguistic Society of America in 2003
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Key Words | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Kala Lagaw Ya | Grammar and discourse | Australia |
| Language and schizophrenia | Australia | |
| Perspective and identity in narratives of disease and disability | Australia | |
| Dialogue structure and prosody | Australia | |
| Autism and narrative | Australia | |
| Grammatical description and typology | Australia | |
| Reference and discourse structure in Australian languages | Australia | |
| Anaphora | Major approaches in linguistics & cognitive science | Australia, United States of America, United Kingdom |
International Linkages
| Country | Establishment | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Yale University | Research |
| United Kingdom | Cardiff University | Research |
| United States | University of Maryland, College Park | Research |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts | The University of Queensland | 31-Dec-1981 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | The University of Edinburgh | 31-Jul-1989 |
Other Awards
| Award Type | Awarding Body | Comments | Date Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal | Australian Academy of the Humanities | Australian Academy of the Humanities Crawford Medal -The most prestigious award for early career Humanities Researchers | 01-Jan-1996 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Community Child Health (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321210)
- Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics (LINGUISTICS) (380201)
- Discourse and Pragmatics (LINGUISTICS) (380203)
- Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science (LINGUISTICS) (380204)
- Ling. Structures (incl Gram, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantic) (LINGUISTICS) (380207)
- Linguistics not elsewhere classified (LINGUISTICS) (380299)
- Ling. Processes (incl Speech Production & Comprehension) (COGNITIVE SCIENCE) (380302)
- Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified (COGNITIVE SCIENCE) (380399)
- English (LANGUAGE STUDIES) (420101)
- Aboriginal Languages (LANGUAGE STUDIES) (420103)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730111)
- Women's health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730201)
- Child health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730204)
- Languages and literature (COMMUNICATION) (751001)
- Languages and literacy (COMMUNICATION) (751002)
- Communication across languages and cultures (COMMUNICATION) (751005)
- Communication not elsewhere classified (COMMUNICATION) (751099)
- Behavioural and cognitive sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780108)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autism and written narrative: discourse analysis and the characterisation of higher level language disorder phenotypes | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2006 |
| TAMEAL - THE INTERRELATION OF TENSE ASPECT & MODALITY WITH EVIDENTIALITY IN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES - NON-LEAD | Chief Investigator | UNIVERSITY PARIS DIDEROT | Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) |
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.