Prof Jane Simpson

Jane Simpson majored in Chinese and English literature at ANU, followed by honours in Middle English and an MA in Linguistics (1977). She spent 10 months in Moscow as an ANU exchange scholar (1977-78). She has carried out fieldwork on Indigenous Australian languages since 1979, and received a PhD in linguistics from MIT in 1983 for a study of Warlpiri in the Lexical-Functional Grammar framework. She was a Sloan postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. She then worked in Central Australia on Warumungu language and language maintenance, and helped set up a language centre in Tennant Creek. She also carried out various consultancies (e.g. Aboriginal Legal Aid, Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority), and worked on the Warumungu land claims. In 1987-89 with David Nash she worked as lexicography fellow at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, helping set up a digital archive of Aboriginal language material, which became ASEDA. In 1989 she became a lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sydney. In 2005, with Mary Laughren and David Nash, she shared the Linguistics Society of America Summer Institute Inaugural Ken Hale Chair. In 2011 she moved to ANU as the inaugural chair of Indigenous linguistics and head of the School of Language Studies. In 2014 she stepped down as head of school and is now Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language.
Type
Party
Party Type
person
Access Privileges
Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
Title
Prof
Given Name
Jane
Surname
Simpson
Uni ID
u1418704
NLA Identifier
https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1013289
Brief Description
Jane Simpson majored in Chinese and English literature at ANU, followed by honours in Middle English and an MA in Linguistics (1977). She spent 10 months in Moscow as an ANU exchange scholar (1977-78). She has carried out fieldwork on Indigenous Australian languages since 1979, and received a PhD in linguistics from MIT in 1983 for a study of Warlpiri in the Lexical-Functional Grammar framework.
Full Description
Jane Simpson majored in Chinese and English literature at ANU, followed by honours in Middle English and an MA in Linguistics (1977). She spent 10 months in Moscow as an ANU exchange scholar (1977-78). She has carried out fieldwork on Indigenous Australian languages since 1979, and received a PhD in linguistics from MIT in 1983 for a study of Warlpiri in the Lexical-Functional Grammar framework. She was a Sloan postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. She then worked in Central Australia on Warumungu language and language maintenance, and helped set up a language centre in Tennant Creek. She also carried out various consultancies (e.g. Aboriginal Legal Aid, Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority), and worked on the Warumungu land claims. In 1987-89 with David Nash she worked as lexicography fellow at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, helping set up a digital archive of Aboriginal language material, which became ASEDA. In 1989 she became a lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sydney. In 2005, with Mary Laughren and David Nash, she shared the Linguistics Society of America Summer Institute Inaugural Ken Hale Chair. In 2011 she moved to ANU as the inaugural chair of Indigenous linguistics and head of the School of Language Studies. In 2014 she stepped down as head of school and is now Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language.
Email Address
jane.simpson@anu.edu.au
Postal Address
School of Literature Languages & Linguistics Research School of Humanities & the Arts 110 Ellery Crescent, Baldessin Precinct The Australian National University ACT 2600 Australia
Phone Number
02 6125 7427 (57427)
Website Address
https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/simpson-jhh; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7487-1234
Fields of Research
200319 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages; 200201 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies; 160103 - Linguistic Anthropology
Socio-Economic Objective
970120 - Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture; 950302 - Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage; 950201 - Communication Across Languages and Culture
Keywords
Indigenous Australian culture and languages; Anthropology; Linguistics; Lexicography; Linguistic Structures (Incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
Status: Published
Published to:
  • Australian National University
  • Australian National Data Service
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