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Peter Austin (linguist)

January 01, 1970

Peter Kenneth Austin, often cited as Peter K. Austin, is an Australian linguist, widely published in the fields of language documentation, syntax, linguistic typology and in particular, endangered languages and language revitalisation. After a long academic career in Australia, Hong Kong, the US, Japan, Germany and the UK, Austin is emeritus professor at SOAS University of London since retiring in December 2018.

Peter Austin
NationalityAustralian
Academic background
Alma materAustralian National University (BA, PhD)
ThesisA grammar of the Diyari language of north-east South Australia (1978)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsSOAS University of London

Education and career edit

After completing a BA degree with first class Honours in Asian Studies (Japanese and Linguistics) in 1974,[1] Austin earned his PhD with his thesis entitled A grammar of the Diyari language of north-east South Australia at the Australian National University (ANU) in 1978.[2]

He then taught at the University of Western Australia, held a Harkness Fellowship at UCLA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979–80, and in 1981 headed the Division (later Department) of Linguistics at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He held visiting appointments at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics at Nijmegen, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, University of Hong Kong, and Stanford University, and was Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Melbourne from 1996 to 2002.[1]

He became the Märit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics[3] in January 2003[1] and then Emeritus Professor in Field Linguistics at SOAS on his retirement in December 2018.[4] Throughout his career, Austin has been deeply involved in work to document and describe languages that are otherwise on the verge of extinction.[5]

He worked with Eli Timan on documenting Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, and with Sabah Aldihisi on Neo-Mandaic ritual language used by the Mandean communities of Syria, Iraq and Iran.[1]

During his retirement, he worked with colleagues at University of Warsaw and Leiden University on an EU Horizon2020 Twinning collaboration called the Engaged Humanities project.[6] He also worked with Stefanie Pillai of the University of Malaya, on a research project funded by the British Academy in Malaysia. In 2020 he was awarded a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship (2021-2023) to work on a dictionary of Diyari (South Australia) and a biography of his Diyari teacher Ben Murray.[4][failed verification]

Work edit

He has done fieldwork on twelve Australian Aboriginal languages, particularly those from northern New South Wales ( such as Gamilaraay/Kamilaroi), northern South Australia, and north-west Western Australia, publishing several bilingual dictionaries. These included, in collaboration with David Nathan, the first fully page-formatted hypertext dictionary of an Australian language, with the creation of the 1994 Gamilaraay online dictionary.[7][4]

Dieri edit

He has worked extensively and intensively on the Dieri (Diyari) language of northern SA. He first learned Diyari in 1974, from several fluent native-speakers, including Leslie Russell, Frieda Merrick, Rosa Warren, and Ben Murray, who he encountered in Marree, South Australia. Along with Luise Hercus and David Trefry, he did much research on the language in the 1970s. Austin published a grammar of Diyari in 1981.[8]

From 2011 he has been working with the Dieri Aboriginal Corporation on revitalisation of the language.[4] In 2013 he published a draft Diyari dictionary, writing in the preface that a companion grammar was also available, and that a text collection was in preparation.[9] In 2014 he published an article "And still they speak Diyari", in which he wrote of the unique place of the language, as the subject of intensive interest by outsiders as well as native speakers for nearly 140 years, and that not only is it not extinct, but it is living and being maintained for the future.[10][11]

Since 2013 Austin has maintained a blog on Diyari.[8] The blog is one of a number of language revitalisation and reclamation activities held in conjunction with the Dieri community.

Austronesian languages edit

Since 1995, Austin has also worked on the Austronesian languages Sasak and Samawa, which are spoken on the islands of Lombok and Sumbawa in the Indonesian archipelago.[4]

He has also published works on historical and comparative linguistics, typology, and Aboriginal history and biography.[4]

Awards edit

Austin has won the following awards and prizes:

  • 1974: ANU Medal in Linguistics[12]
  • 1978: Harkness Fellowship of the Commonwealth Fund of New York[1]
  • 1999: Deutsche Akamedische Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Fellowship)[12]
  • 2002: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Research Award (Forschungspreis)[12][1]
  • 2010: Grant for a visiting professorship for Professor Anvita Abbi, from the Leverhulme Trust[13]
  • 2010: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Research Award[14]
  • 2015: Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University (for playing "a crucial international part in drawing attention to endangered languages by emphasising the importance of documenting the human cultural heritage represented by the thousands of languages at risk of vanishing in the near future. His motto that 'every lost word means yet another lost world' has boosted schools' and the public's interest in endangered languages" .[15])
  • 2018–19: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Research Award[14]
  • 2020: Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship, for further research on the Diyari language.[16]

Notes edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gresham College.
  2. ^ Thesis 1978.
  3. ^ Linguistic Summer School 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f SOASmain.
  5. ^ Austin 2008.
  6. ^ EH.
  7. ^ Gamilaraay dictionary.
  8. ^ a b Dieri.
  9. ^ Dieri dictionary 2013.
  10. ^ And still they speak Diyari cit. 2014.
  11. ^ And still they speak Diyari PDF 2015.
  12. ^ a b c CV.
  13. ^ "Visiting Professorships 2010". The Leverhulme Trust. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  14. ^ a b "About – Peter K. Austin". Peter K. Austin. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  15. ^ Uppsala 2014.
  16. ^ "Grant listings". The Leverhulme Trust. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

Sources edit

  • Austin, Peter Kenneth (February 1978). "A grammar of the Diyari language of north-east South Australia". ANU: Open Research Library. Canberra. doi:10.25911/5d723d30e5260. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  • Austin, Peter. "Ngayana Diyari Yawarra Yathayilha: Supporting the Dieri language".
  • Austin, Peter; Nathan, David. "Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay Dictionary".
  • Austin, Peter K. (17 August 2008). "Peter K Austin's top 10 endangered languages". The Guardian.
  • Austin, Peter K. (2013). "A Dictionary of Diyari,South Australia" (pdf).
  • Austin, Peter (2014). "And still they speak Diyari: the life history of an endangered language". Ethnorema. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  • Austin, Peter (2015). "And still they speak Diyari: the life history of an endangered language" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  • Langton, Marcia (2012). "The Diaspora and the Return: History and Memory in Cape York Peninsula, Australia". In Hendry, Joy; Fitznor, Laara (eds.). Anthropologists, Indigenous Scholars and the Research Endeavour: Seeking Bridges Towards Mutual Respect. Routledge. pp. 171–184. ISBN 978-1-136-33115-2.
  • "Peter K. Austin at The Linguistic Summer Institute 2015". 2015.
  • "Professor Peter Austin BA (AS) Hons, PhD (ANU)". SOAS. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  • "Professor Peter Austin". Gresham College. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  • "Search results, Peter Austin". Engaged Humanities. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  • "Two new honorary doctors at Faculty of Languages". Uppsala University. 16 October 2014.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Curriculum vitae
  • EL Publishing
  • Language Documentation and Description journal

January 01, 1970
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Peter Kenneth Austin often cited as Peter K Austin is an Australian linguist widely published in the fields of language documentation syntax linguistic typology and in particular endangered languages and language revitalisation After a long academic career in Australia Hong Kong the US Japan Germany and the UK Austin is emeritus professor at SOAS University of London since retiring in December 2018 Peter AustinNationalityAustralianAcademic backgroundAlma materAustralian National University BA PhD ThesisA grammar of the Diyari language of north east South Australia 1978 Academic workDisciplineLinguistSub disciplineLanguage documentation Syntax Linguistic typology Language revitalisationInstitutionsSOAS University of London Contents 1 Education and career 2 Work 2 1 Dieri 2 2 Austronesian languages 3 Awards 4 Notes 4 1 Citations 5 Sources 6 External linksEducation and career editAfter completing a BA degree with first class Honours in Asian Studies Japanese and Linguistics in 1974 1 Austin earned his PhD with his thesis entitled A grammar of the Diyari language of north east South Australia at the Australian National University ANU in 1978 2 He then taught at the University of Western Australia held a Harkness Fellowship at UCLA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT in 1979 80 and in 1981 headed the Division later Department of Linguistics at La Trobe University in Melbourne He held visiting appointments at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics at Nijmegen Tokyo University of Foreign Studies University of Hong Kong and Stanford University and was Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Melbourne from 1996 to 2002 1 He became the Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics 3 in January 2003 1 and then Emeritus Professor in Field Linguistics at SOAS on his retirement in December 2018 4 Throughout his career Austin has been deeply involved in work to document and describe languages that are otherwise on the verge of extinction 5 He worked with Eli Timan on documenting Judeo Iraqi Arabic and with Sabah Aldihisi on Neo Mandaic ritual language used by the Mandean communities of Syria Iraq and Iran 1 During his retirement he worked with colleagues at University of Warsaw and Leiden University on an EU Horizon2020 Twinning collaboration called the Engaged Humanities project 6 He also worked with Stefanie Pillai of the University of Malaya on a research project funded by the British Academy in Malaysia In 2020 he was awarded a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship 2021 2023 to work on a dictionary of Diyari South Australia and a biography of his Diyari teacher Ben Murray 4 failed verification Work editHe has done fieldwork on twelve Australian Aboriginal languages particularly those from northern New South Wales such as Gamilaraay Kamilaroi northern South Australia and north west Western Australia publishing several bilingual dictionaries These included in collaboration with David Nathan the first fully page formatted hypertext dictionary of an Australian language with the creation of the 1994 Gamilaraay online dictionary 7 4 Dieri edit He has worked extensively and intensively on the Dieri Diyari language of northern SA He first learned Diyari in 1974 from several fluent native speakers including Leslie Russell Frieda Merrick Rosa Warren and Ben Murray who he encountered in Marree South Australia Along with Luise Hercus and David Trefry he did much research on the language in the 1970s Austin published a grammar of Diyari in 1981 8 From 2011 he has been working with the Dieri Aboriginal Corporation on revitalisation of the language 4 In 2013 he published a draft Diyari dictionary writing in the preface that a companion grammar was also available and that a text collection was in preparation 9 In 2014 he published an article And still they speak Diyari in which he wrote of the unique place of the language as the subject of intensive interest by outsiders as well as native speakers for nearly 140 years and that not only is it not extinct but it is living and being maintained for the future 10 11 Since 2013 Austin has maintained a blog on Diyari 8 The blog is one of a number of language revitalisation and reclamation activities held in conjunction with the Dieri community Austronesian languages edit Since 1995 Austin has also worked on the Austronesian languages Sasak and Samawa which are spoken on the islands of Lombok and Sumbawa in the Indonesian archipelago 4 He has also published works on historical and comparative linguistics typology and Aboriginal history and biography 4 Awards editAustin has won the following awards and prizes 1974 ANU Medal in Linguistics 12 1978 Harkness Fellowship of the Commonwealth Fund of New York 1 1999 Deutsche Akamedische Austauschdienst German Academic Exchange Fellowship 12 2002 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Research Award Forschungspreis 12 1 2010 Grant for a visiting professorship for Professor Anvita Abbi from the Leverhulme Trust 13 2010 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Research Award 14 2015 Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University for playing a crucial international part in drawing attention to endangered languages by emphasising the importance of documenting the human cultural heritage represented by the thousands of languages at risk of vanishing in the near future His motto that every lost word means yet another lost world has boosted schools and the public s interest in endangered languages 15 2018 19 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Research Award 14 2020 Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship for further research on the Diyari language 16 Notes editCitations edit a b c d e f Gresham College Thesis 1978 Linguistic Summer School 2015 a b c d e f SOASmain Austin 2008 EH Gamilaraay dictionary a b Dieri Dieri dictionary 2013 And still they speak Diyari cit 2014 And still they speak Diyari PDF 2015 a b c CV Visiting Professorships 2010 The Leverhulme Trust Retrieved 22 March 2021 a b About Peter K Austin Peter K Austin Retrieved 22 March 2021 Uppsala 2014 Grant listings The Leverhulme Trust Retrieved 22 March 2021 Sources editAustin Peter Kenneth February 1978 A grammar of the Diyari language of north east South Australia ANU Open Research Library Canberra doi 10 25911 5d723d30e5260 Retrieved 16 June 2019 Austin Peter Ngayana Diyari Yawarra Yathayilha Supporting the Dieri language Austin Peter Nathan David Kamilaroi Gamilaraay Dictionary Austin Peter K 17 August 2008 Peter K Austin s top 10 endangered languages The Guardian Austin Peter K 2013 A Dictionary of Diyari South Australia pdf Austin Peter 2014 And still they speak Diyari the life history of an endangered language Ethnorema Retrieved 16 June 2019 Austin Peter 2015 And still they speak Diyari the life history of an endangered language PDF Retrieved 16 June 2019 Curriculum Vitae Peter K Austin SOAS Retrieved 17 June 2019 Dixon R M W 2002 Australian Languages Their Nature and Development Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 47378 1 Dixon R M W 2011 Searching for Aboriginal Languages Memoirs of a Field Worker Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 1 108 02504 1 Langton Marcia 2012 The Diaspora and the Return History and Memory in Cape York Peninsula Australia In Hendry Joy Fitznor Laara eds Anthropologists Indigenous Scholars and the Research Endeavour Seeking Bridges Towards Mutual Respect Routledge pp 171 184 ISBN 978 1 136 33115 2 Peter K Austin at The Linguistic Summer Institute 2015 2015 Professor Peter Austin BA AS Hons PhD ANU SOAS Retrieved 16 June 2019 Professor Peter Austin Gresham College Retrieved 17 June 2019 Search results Peter Austin Engaged Humanities Retrieved 16 June 2019 Two new honorary doctors at Faculty of Languages Uppsala University 16 October 2014 External links editOfficial website Curriculum vitae EL Publishing Language Documentation and Description journal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Austin linguist amp 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