
Doctor Robert Mailhammer
LECTURER IN LINGUISTICS,
Languages, Interpreting and Translation (SoHCA)
Personal
Qualifications
- Phd Technische Universitat Munchen
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Languages, Interpreting and Translation (SoHCA)
Contact
| Email: | R.Mailhammer@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 6189 |
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| Location: | 7.G.17 Bankstown |
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Publications
Books
- Mailhammer, R. and Handelsmann, R. (2009), 'Amurdak inyman. Six stories in Amurdak told by Bill Neidjie and Nelson Mulurinj.', : Iwaidja Inyman 9780977522569.
- Mailhammer, R. (2007), 'The Germanic Strong Verbs: Foundations and Development of a New System, Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 183', : Mouton De Gruyter 978-3-11-019878-2.
Chapters in Books
- Mailhammer, R. (2011), 'From ic nolde to I don't wanna: the status of clitics in the history of English', More Than Words: English Lexicography and Lexicology Past and Present, Essays Presented to Hans Sauer on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday, Peter Lang 9783631595770.
- Mailhammer, R. (2011), 'The prehistory of European languages', The Languages and Linguistics of Europe, World of Linguistics 1, De Gruyter 978-3-11-022026-1.
- Mailhammer, R., Rest;e, D. and Vennemann, T. (2010), 'Preference laws and phonological change.', Handbook of Historical Phonology, Oxford University Press .
- Mailhammer, R. (2008), 'The Typological Significance of Ablaut in the (Pre-)history of English', Clerks, Wives, and Historians: Essays on Medieval English Literature, Peter Lang Pub Inc 978-3039108350.
- Mailhammer, R. (2007), 'On syllable cut in the Orrmulum', Studies in the History of English III - Managing Chaos: Strategies for Identifying Change in English, Mouton de Gruyter 9783110190892.
Journal Articles
- Holman, E., Brown, P., Belyaev, O., Urban, M., Mailhammer, R., Mattislist, J., Egorov, D., Brown, C., Wichmann, S., Muller, A., Velupillai, V., Hammarstrom, H., Sauppe, S., Jung, H. and Bakker, D. (2011), 'Automated dating of the world's language families based on lexical similarity', Current Anthropology, 35.
- Mailhammer, R. (2010), '16. Die etymologische Forschung und Lehre auf dem Gebiet des Germanischen in Deutschland am Beginn des 21', Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, 29.
- Laker, S. and Mailhammer, R. (2009), 'Problems in English Historical Phonology: Introduction', Anglia: Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie, 3.
- Mailhammer, R. (2009), 'Thoughts on the genesis and the development of syllable cut in English', Anglia: Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie, 22.
- Mailhammer, R. (2009), 'Towards an aspect-based analysis of the verb categories of Amurdak', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 43.
- Mailhammer, R., Muller, A., Velupillai, V., Wichmann, S., Yakpo, K., Bakker, D., Belyaef, O., Brown, C., Brown, P., Egorov, D., Grant, A., Holman, E. and Jung, H. (2009), 'Adding typology to lexicostatistics: a combined approach to language classification', Linguistic Typology, 11.
- Mailhammer, R. (2008), 'Ablaut variation in the Proto-Germanic noun: The long arm of the strong verbs', Sprachwissenschaft, 22.
- Mailhammer, R. (2008), 'The wolf in sheep's clothing: Camouflaged Borrowing in Modern German', Folia Linguistica, 17.
- Mailhammer, R. (2007), 'Islands of Resilience: The history of the German strong verbs from a systemic point of view', Morphology, 32.
- Mailhammer, R., Laker, S. and Vennemann, T. (2006), 'On the origin of the Germanic strong verb system', Sprachwissenschaft, 52.
- Mailhammer, R., Laker, S. and Vennemann, T. (2003), 'PGmc. +drepa-, Gm. treffen to hit', Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, 8.
Conference Papers
- Mailhammer, R. and Smirnova, E. (2012), 'Same but different: pathways to the grammaticalization of passive constructions from the comparative perspective of English and German', New Reflections on Grammaticalisation 5, Edinburgh UK.
- Mailhammer, R. (2012), '3. Syllable cut as a linguistic property at the intersection between segments, syllable structure, stress and phonotactics: synchrony and diachrony', TILL seminar series, University of Western Sydney, UWS Bankstown Campus.
- Mailhammer, R. (2012), 'Phonetic transfer and network theory: on the sociophonetics of language contact', The Social Side of Speech Conference, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus.
- Mailhammer, R. and Gillon, C. (2012), 'Morphology And Semantics Of Plural Marking In The Quechan Verb', The Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America (CELCNA), Utah USA.
- Mailhammer, R. (2012), 'Reconstructing the Pre-Amurdak verb system: implications for subgrouping Iwaidjan', 11th Australian Languages Workshop., University of Qld.
- Mailhammer, R. (2011), 'The meaning of regular is frequently irregular: remarks on the use of regular and irregular in morphology', 2nd Joint ASU/UofA Linguistic Symposium, Arizona State University.
- Mailhammer, R. (2011), 'Indigenous grammatical influence on Aboriginal English in Northwestern Arnhem Land', 10th Australian Languages Workshop, North Stradbroke Island (QLD).
- Mailhammer, R. and Smirnova, E. (2010), 'Sprung from a common source? The sources of passive constructions in English and German', 16th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Pecs, Hungary.
- Mailhammer, R. (2009), 'A preliminary overview of the verb in Amurdak and other Iwaidjan languages', Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, Melbourne.
- Mailhammer, R. (2009), 'Germanic etymology from a Non-Indo-European perspective: cumulative evidence', Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference (GLAC 15), Banff, Alberta, Canada.
- Mailhammer, R. (2009), 'Applicative, malefactive, negation: Innovations of the Amurdak verb', 2009 Australian Languages Workshop, Australian National University, Kioloa.
- Mailhammer, R. (2008), 'Ablaut variation in Proto-Germanic deverbal nouns', The 14th Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference, Madison, Wisconsin U.S.A..
- Mailhammer, R. (2008), 'Synchronic and diachronic aspects of verbal object representation in Amurdak', 2008 Australian Languages Workshop, Australian National University, Kioloa.
- Mailhammer, R. (2006), 'Loss of aspectual categories and the transformation of verbal systems due to language contact: From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic', Chronos 7: International conference on tense, aspect, mood, and modality, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | The Indigenous Grammar of Aboriginal English: Implications for Contact Linguistics |
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| Years: | 2013-06-21 - 2016-06-20 |
| ID: | P00020838 |
| UWS Researchers: | Robert Mailhammer |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | Research Event - Workshop on the phonetics and phonology of Australian Indigenous languages |
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| Years: | 2013-06-13 - 2013-06-14 |
| ID: | P00021030 |
| UWS Researchers: | Robert Mailhammer, Jason Shaw and Catherine Best |
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| Title: | Documentation of Amurdak, an endangered language from Northern Arnhem Land (Australia) |
| Years: | 2012-04-01 - 2013-01-01 |
| ID: | P00020698 |
| UWS Researchers: | Robert Mailhammer |
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