Areas of interest

• Australian Aboriginal languages


• Language description, especially syntax and semantics


• Language documentation


• Linguistic typology


• Nominal classification


• Intonation and information structure


• The sociolinguistics of multilingualism


• Endangered languages


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  Current projects

  
  

  Structure and meaning of intonation in three Australian languages, Chief investigators: Professor Janet Fletcher (University of Melbourne) and Dr Marija Tabain (La Trobe University), funding: ARC, 2011-2013

  
  

  Perspectives on multilingualism at Warruwi Community, Northern Territory (Australia), sole investigator, funding: internal University of Melbourne

  
  

Location

Melbourne

Disciplines

• Languages
• Linguistics
• Anthropology

Affiliation

University of Melbourne

Website

http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer