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'''Alexandra Yurievna "Sasha" Aikhenvald''' (''Eichenwald'') {{post-nominals|country=AUS|FAHA}} is a [[Russian Australian]] [[Linguistics|linguist]] specialising in [[linguistic typology]] and the [[Arawakan languages|Arawak language family]] (including [[Tariana language|Tariana]]) of the Brazilian [[Amazon basin]]. She is a professor at the [[James Cook University]].
'''Alexandra Yurievna "Sasha" Aikhenvald''' (''Eichenwald'') {{post-nominals|country=AUS|FAHA}} is an [[Australia]]n-[[Brazil]]ian<ref name="cv2" /> [[Linguistics|linguist]] specialising in [[linguistic typology]] and the [[Arawakan languages|Arawak language family]] (including [[Tariana language|Tariana]]) of the Brazilian [[Amazon basin]]. She is a professorial research fellow at [[Central Queensland University]]<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald |url=https://staff-profiles.cqu.edu.au/home/view/25682 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-05-26|website=CQ University |language=en-AU}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Alexandra Aikhenvald was born to a grandson of [[Yuly Aykhenvald]]; [[Natalia Shvedova]] was her paternal aunt. She was fascinated by languages from early childhood, picking up some Spanish from her parents' Spanish flatmate, and dreaming of majoring in [[Latin language|Latin]] and [[Classical studies]] in university.<ref name=lf>[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2008/2157586.htm "Me and other languages"] - A.Y. Aikhenvald's interview with ABC Radio National, 9 February 2008</ref> A friend taught her [[German language|German]] during her high school years, and she also mastered [[French language|French]].
Alexandra Aikhenvald was born to a grandson of [[Yuly Aykhenvald]]; [[Natalia Shvedova]] was her paternal aunt. She was fascinated by languages from early childhood, picking up some Spanish from her parents' Spanish flatmate, and dreaming of majoring in [[Latin language|Latin]] and [[Classical studies]] in university.<ref name="lf" /> A friend taught her [[German language|German]] during her high school years, and she also mastered [[French language|French]].


Aikhenvald earned her undergraduate degree from [[Moscow State University]], with a thesis on [[Anatolian languages]]<ref name=cv>[http://www.jcu.edu.au/sass/idc/groups/public/documents/research_strengths/jcuprd_052588.pdf Dr. Aikhenvald's CV] (at JCU site; accessed 20 December 2009){{dead link|date=September 2018}}</ref> ([[Hittite language|Hittite]]<ref name=lf/>). She also studied [[Sanskrit]], [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Arabic]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Ancient Greek]]. Outside of her classes, she learned [[Estonian language|Estonian]] and [[Hebrew]].<ref name=lf/> After graduation, she joined the research staff of the [[Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences]], where she earned her [[Candidate of Sciences|Cand. Sc.]] degree (Soviet equivalent of Ph.D.) in 1984 with a thesis on the "Structural and Typological Classification of [[Berber people|Berber]] Languages" (1984).<ref name=cv/> She published the first Russian grammar of modern Hebrew in 1985. She also mastered [[Yiddish]], the language of her grandparents, which was, however, never spoken at home.
Aikhenvald earned her undergraduate degree from [[Moscow State University]], with a thesis on [[Anatolian languages]]<ref name="cv" /> ([[Hittite language|Hittite]]<ref name="lf" />). She also studied [[Sanskrit]], [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Arabic]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Ancient Greek]]. Outside of her classes, she learned [[Estonian language|Estonian]] and [[Hebrew]].<ref name="lf" /> After graduation, she joined the research staff of the [[Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences]], where she earned her [[Candidate of Sciences|Cand. Sc.]] degree (Soviet equivalent of Ph.D.) in 1984 with a thesis on the "Structural and Typological Classification of [[Berber people|Berber]] Languages" (1984).<ref name="cv" /> She published the first Russian grammar of modern Hebrew in 1985. She also mastered [[Yiddish]], the language of her grandparents, which was, however, never spoken at home.


In 1989–1992, Aikhenvald did research work in [[Brazil]], where she mastered [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], learnt five Brazilian Indian languages, and wrote a grammar of the [[Tariana language]]. In 1993 she started her work in Australia, first at [[Australian National University]], later at [[La Trobe University]].<ref name=cv/>
In 1989–1992, Aikhenvald did research work in [[Brazil]], where she mastered [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], learnt five Brazilian Indian languages, and wrote a grammar of the [[Tariana language]]. In 1993 she started her work in Australia, first at [[Australian National University]], later at [[La Trobe University]].<ref name="cv" />


In 1996, the expert on Australian aboriginal languages [[R. M. W. Dixon]] and Aikhenvald established the [[Research Centre for Linguistic Typology]] at [[Australian National University]] in [[Canberra]]. On January 1, 2000, the center relocated to [[La Trobe University]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref name=anniv>[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/Publications/Anniversary%20publication%202.pdf Research Centre for Linguistic Typology: Ten Years' Achievements] (2006)</ref> Dixon and Aikhenvald both resigned in May 2008.<ref>[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/Newsletters/Newsletter%202009%20-%20with%20Errata.pdf RCLT Newsletter], 2009</ref> In January 2009, she became a professor at the [[James Cook University]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/contact/index.cfm?fuseaction=home|title=Contact Us - JCU Australia|website=secure.jcu.edu.au|accessdate=Feb 26, 2019}}</ref> where she and [[R. M. W. Dixon]] founded The Language and Culture Research Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://linguistlist.org/issues/20/20-138.html|title=LINGUIST List 20.138: Language and culture research group at James Cook University|date=Jan 15, 2009|website=The LINGUIST List|accessdate=Feb 26, 2019}}</ref>
In 1996, the expert on Australian aboriginal languages [[R. M. W. Dixon]] and Aikhenvald established the [[Research Centre for Linguistic Typology]] at [[Australian National University]] in [[Canberra]]. On January 1, 2000, the center relocated to [[La Trobe University]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="anniv" /> Dixon and Aikhenvald both resigned in May 2008.<ref>[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/Newsletters/Newsletter%202009%20-%20with%20Errata.pdf RCLT Newsletter], 2009</ref> In January 2009, she became a professor at the [[James Cook University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/contact/index.cfm?fuseaction=home|title=Contact Us - JCU Australia|website=secure.jcu.edu.au|access-date=Feb 26, 2019}}</ref> where she and [[R. M. W. Dixon]] founded The Language and Culture Research Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://linguistlist.org/issues/20/20-138/|title=LINGUIST List 20.138: Language and culture research group at James Cook University|date=Jan 15, 2009|website=The LINGUIST List|access-date=Feb 26, 2019}}</ref>


She speaks [[Tok Pisin]], and has written a grammar of the [[Sepik languages|Sepik]] language [[Manambu language|Manambu]], a language she self-professedly occasionally dreams in.<ref>Alexandra Aikhenvald [''The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea''] Oxford University Press, 2008 p.xvi.</ref><ref>Maria Zijlstra (ed.) [http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/linguafranca/rn-summer-series2c-part-13a-me-26-other-languages/4437838#transcript 'Me & other languages,']'RN summer series, part 1: 9 February 2008:'When I travelled to New Guinea, I had to learn Tok Pisin -- the major language of Papua New Guinea, a really delightful enterprise. Manambu is my other favourite language, in which I dream every so often.'</ref>
She speaks [[Tok Pisin]], and has written a grammar of the [[Sepik languages|Sepik]] language [[Manambu language|Manambu]], a language she self-professedly occasionally dreams in.<ref>Alexandra Aikhenvald [''The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea''] Oxford University Press, 2008 p.xvi.</ref><ref>Maria Zijlstra (ed.) [http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/linguafranca/rn-summer-series2c-part-13a-me-26-other-languages/4437838#transcript 'Me & other languages,']'RN summer series, part 1: 9 February 2008:'When I travelled to New Guinea, I had to learn Tok Pisin -- the major language of Papua New Guinea, a really delightful enterprise. Manambu is my other favourite language, in which I dream every so often.'</ref>
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Aikhenvald has published work on [[Berber language]]s, Modern and Classical Hebrew, [[Ndu languages]] (specifically [[Manambu language|Manambu]] of [[East Sepik]] Province of [[Papua New Guinea]]), alongside a number of articles and monographs on various aspects of linguistic typology.
Aikhenvald has published work on [[Berber language]]s, Modern and Classical Hebrew, [[Ndu languages]] (specifically [[Manambu language|Manambu]] of [[East Sepik]] Province of [[Papua New Guinea]]), alongside a number of articles and monographs on various aspects of linguistic typology.


She has worked on language contact, with reference to the multilingual area of the [[Vaupés River]] Basin.<ref>''Language contact and language change in Amazonia''. By Alexandra Aikhenvald, [[Oxford University Press]], 2002, {{ISBN|0-19-925785-X}}</ref> She has established a typology of classifiers<ref>Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,''Classifiers: A Typology of Noun Categorization Devices'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2000, pb. 2003, {{ISBN|0-19-926466-X}}</ref> and worked out parameters for the typology of [[evidentials]] as grammatical markers of information sources.<ref>Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, ''Evidentiality'' [[Oxford University Press]] 2004, pd. 2006, {{ISBN|0-19-926388-4}}</ref> In addition, she authored a comprehensive grammar of [[Warekena language|Warekena]] and of Tariana, both [[Arawak languages]], in addition to a Tariana–[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] dictionary (available online).
She has worked on language contact, with reference to the multilingual area of the [[Vaupés River]] Basin.<ref>''Language contact and language change in Amazonia''. By Alexandra Aikhenvald, [[Oxford University Press]], 2002, {{ISBN|0-19-925785-X}}</ref> She has established a typology of classifiers<ref>Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,''Classifiers: A Typology of Noun Categorization Devices'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2000, pb. 2003, {{ISBN|0-19-926466-X}}</ref> and worked out parameters for the typology of [[evidentials]] as grammatical markers of information sources.<ref>Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, ''Evidentiality'' [[Oxford University Press]] 2004, pd. 2006, {{ISBN|0-19-926388-4}}</ref> In addition, she authored a grammar of [[Warekena language|Warekena]] and of Tariana, both [[Arawak languages]], in addition to a Tariana–[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] dictionary (available online).


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
Aikhenvald was elected Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of the Humanities]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Fellows: Alexandra Aikhenvald|url=https://www.humanities.org.au/fellows/fellows/?find_contact_id=2827|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-24|website=Australian Academy of the Humanities|language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2012, she was awarded an [[Australian Laureate Fellowship]].<ref name=laureate>{{cite news |url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2012/july/jcu-two-join-elite-of-researchers |title=JCU two join elite of researchers |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=30 January 2018 |work=[[James Cook University]] }}</ref>
Aikhenvald was elected Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of the Humanities]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Fellow Profile: Alexandra Aikhenvald |url=https://humanities.org.au/fellows/fellow-profile/?fellow_id=268 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Australian Academy of the Humanities |language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2012, she was awarded an [[Australian Laureate Fellowship]].<ref name="laureate" />


==Publications==
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==References==
==References==
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<ref name="anniv">[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/Publications/Anniversary%20publication%202.pdf Research Centre for Linguistic Typology: Ten Years' Achievements] (2006)</ref>

<ref name="cv">[http://www.jcu.edu.au/sass/idc/groups/public/documents/research_strengths/jcuprd_052588.pdf Dr. Aikhenvald's CV] (at JCU site; accessed 20 December 2009){{dead link|date=September 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="cv2">{{cite web |last1=Aikhenvald |first1=Alexandra Y. |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/pdfs/AikhenvaldCVlatestrevisedApril2023.pdf |website=Aikenvald Linguistics |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="laureate">{{cite news |url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2012/july/jcu-two-join-elite-of-researchers |title=JCU two join elite of researchers |date=30 July 2012 |work=[[James Cook University]] |access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="lf">[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2008/2157586.htm "Me and other languages"] - A.Y. Aikhenvald's interview with ABC Radio National, 9 February 2008</ref>

}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190407071010/https://research.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/people/director A.Y. Aikhenvald's page at JCU]; includes CV
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190407071010/https://research.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/people/director A.Y. Aikhenvald's page at JCU]
*[http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/ Sasha (Alexandra) Aikhenvald's Linguistics Research] - Dr. Aikhenvald's own site
*[http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/ Sasha (Alexandra) Aikhenvald's Linguistics Research] - Dr. Aikhenvald's own site
*[https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18124326.200-for-want-of-a-word.html For want of a word] - New Scientist magazine interview
*[http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/linguafranca/telling-the-truth-in-tariana/3406840 Telling the Truth in Tariana] - ABC radio documentary transcript


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Alexandra Aikhenvald
FAHA
Born
Alexandra Yurievna Aikhenvald

(1957-09-01) September 1, 1957 (age 67)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipAustralian, Brazilian[1]
SpouseR.M.W. Dixon
Awards
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisStructural and Typological Classification of Berber Languages (1984)
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Alexandra Yurievna "Sasha" Aikhenvald (Eichenwald) FAHA is an Australian-Brazilian[1] linguist specialising in linguistic typology and the Arawak language family (including Tariana) of the Brazilian Amazon basin. She is a professorial research fellow at Central Queensland University[2]

Biography

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Alexandra Aikhenvald was born to a grandson of Yuly Aykhenvald; Natalia Shvedova was her paternal aunt. She was fascinated by languages from early childhood, picking up some Spanish from her parents' Spanish flatmate, and dreaming of majoring in Latin and Classical studies in university.[3] A friend taught her German during her high school years, and she also mastered French.

Aikhenvald earned her undergraduate degree from Moscow State University, with a thesis on Anatolian languages[4] (Hittite[3]). She also studied Sanskrit, Akkadian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Hungarian, Arabic, Italian and Ancient Greek. Outside of her classes, she learned Estonian and Hebrew.[3] After graduation, she joined the research staff of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, where she earned her Cand. Sc. degree (Soviet equivalent of Ph.D.) in 1984 with a thesis on the "Structural and Typological Classification of Berber Languages" (1984).[4] She published the first Russian grammar of modern Hebrew in 1985. She also mastered Yiddish, the language of her grandparents, which was, however, never spoken at home.

In 1989–1992, Aikhenvald did research work in Brazil, where she mastered Portuguese, learnt five Brazilian Indian languages, and wrote a grammar of the Tariana language. In 1993 she started her work in Australia, first at Australian National University, later at La Trobe University.[4]

In 1996, the expert on Australian aboriginal languages R. M. W. Dixon and Aikhenvald established the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at Australian National University in Canberra. On January 1, 2000, the center relocated to La Trobe University in Melbourne.[5] Dixon and Aikhenvald both resigned in May 2008.[6] In January 2009, she became a professor at the James Cook University,[7] where she and R. M. W. Dixon founded The Language and Culture Research Group.[8]

She speaks Tok Pisin, and has written a grammar of the Sepik language Manambu, a language she self-professedly occasionally dreams in.[9][10]

Research work

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Aikhenvald has published work on Berber languages, Modern and Classical Hebrew, Ndu languages (specifically Manambu of East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea), alongside a number of articles and monographs on various aspects of linguistic typology.

She has worked on language contact, with reference to the multilingual area of the Vaupés River Basin.[11] She has established a typology of classifiers[12] and worked out parameters for the typology of evidentials as grammatical markers of information sources.[13] In addition, she authored a grammar of Warekena and of Tariana, both Arawak languages, in addition to a Tariana–Portuguese dictionary (available online).

Awards and honors

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Aikhenvald was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1999.[14] In 2012, she was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship.[15]

Publications

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  • Non-canonical marking of subjects and objects, 2001
  • Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance : problems in comparative linguistics, 2001
  • Evidentiality, 2004
  • The Manambu language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 2008
  • Imperatives and commands, 2010

References

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  1. ^ a b Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Aikenvald Linguistics. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald". CQ University. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Me and other languages" - A.Y. Aikhenvald's interview with ABC Radio National, 9 February 2008
  4. ^ a b c Dr. Aikhenvald's CV (at JCU site; accessed 20 December 2009)[dead link‍]
  5. ^ Research Centre for Linguistic Typology: Ten Years' Achievements (2006)
  6. ^ RCLT Newsletter, 2009
  7. ^ "Contact Us - JCU Australia". secure.jcu.edu.au. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  8. ^ "LINGUIST List 20.138: Language and culture research group at James Cook University". The LINGUIST List. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  9. ^ Alexandra Aikhenvald [The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea] Oxford University Press, 2008 p.xvi.
  10. ^ Maria Zijlstra (ed.) 'Me & other languages,''RN summer series, part 1: 9 February 2008:'When I travelled to New Guinea, I had to learn Tok Pisin -- the major language of Papua New Guinea, a really delightful enterprise. Manambu is my other favourite language, in which I dream every so often.'
  11. ^ Language contact and language change in Amazonia. By Alexandra Aikhenvald, Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-19-925785-X
  12. ^ Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,Classifiers: A Typology of Noun Categorization Devices, Oxford University Press, 2000, pb. 2003, ISBN 0-19-926466-X
  13. ^ Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Evidentiality Oxford University Press 2004, pd. 2006, ISBN 0-19-926388-4
  14. ^ "Fellow Profile: Alexandra Aikhenvald". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  15. ^ "JCU two join elite of researchers". James Cook University. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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