Nicholas Thieberger
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Nicholas Thieberger is an Australian linguist working at the University of Melbourne
. He is best known for his research on Indigenous Australian languages, on the South Efate language
of Vanuatu
, and for his work in Language documentation
. He established Wangka Maya the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre in the late 1980s and ASEDA
the Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive in the early 1990s. He is the manager of the PARADISEC
archive.
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. He is best known for his research on Indigenous Australian languages, on the South Efate language
South Efate language
The South Efate language is a Nuclear Southern Oceanic language of the Malayo-Polynesian language family, spoken on the island of Efate in central Vanuatu. , there are approximately 6,000 speakers who live in coastal villages from Pango to Eton. The language's grammar has been described by Nick...
of Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
, and for his work in Language documentation
Language documentation
Language documentation is the process by which a language is documented from a documentary linguistics perspective. It aims to “to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a given speech community”...
. He established Wangka Maya the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre in the late 1980s and ASEDA
Åseda
Åseda is a locality and the seat of Uppvidinge Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 2,430 inhabitants in 2005.Åseda is the birthplace of motorcycle speedway rider Peter Ljung.- References :...
the Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive in the early 1990s. He is the manager of the PARADISEC
Paradisec
The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endangered languages and cultures of the Pacific and the region around Australia. They digitise reel-to-reel field tapes, have a mass data store and use international...
archive.
External links
- Nick Thieberger's home page at the University of Melbourne.