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Peter Austin
Researcher at SOAS, University of London
Publications - 60
Citations - 1549
Peter Austin is an academic researcher from SOAS, University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Language documentation & Verb. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 60 publications receiving 1460 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Austin include La Trobe University & Hacettepe University.
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The Cambridge handbook of endangered languages
Peter Austin,Julia Sallabank +1 more
TL;DR: The reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages are examined in this state-of-the-art Handbook of endangered languages.
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Non-configurationality in Australian aboriginal languages
Peter Austin,Joan Bresnan +1 more
TL;DR: The authors show that the non-configurationality characteristics of free word order, null anaphora, and split NPs are independent of each other and of the distribution of bound pronouns.
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Switch-Reference in Australia
TL;DR: A number of Australian Aboriginal languages have syntactic mechanisms which can be analysed as instances of switch-reference as discussed by the authors, indicating whether or not the subjects of syntactically-related main and subordinate clauses are referentially the same or different.
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Three-participant events in the languages of the world: towards a crosslinguistic typology
Anna Margetts,Peter Austin +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explore the semantic categories of three-participant events and outline a range of different strategies for coding them crosslinguistically, as alternatives to syntactically three-place strategies.