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Philosophische FakultätDocumenting child language: The Qaqet of Papua New Guinea

Publications, talks, teaching and more

Below, you can find a list of publications, talks and other activities based on the research of our project.

Publications

Theses on Qaqet

  • Frings, Jonas. 2022. The distribution and semantics of spatial prepositions in Qaqet, Papua New Guinea. MA Thesis, University of Cologne.
  • Hausdorf, Marc. 2022. Establishing sound correspondences between the Baining languages: Towards a reconstruction of Proto-Baining. MA Thesis, University of Cologne.
  • Reetz, Steffen. 2022. Code-switching among Qaqet-speaking adults in Kamanakam, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne.
  • Frye, Henrike. 2019. Child-directed speech in Qaqet: A language of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne. [published as Frye 2022]
  • Obersteiner, Katrin. 2019. Nominal classification in Kairak – A comparison with Mali, Qaqet and Ura. MA Thesis, University of Cologne.

Data collections

Workshops

  • 1st Workshop on the acquisition of lesser-documented languages (University of Cologne, 25.-26.1.2019), organized by Birgit Hellwig, Shanley E. M. Allen, Lucinda Davidson, Rebecca Defina, Barbara F. Kelly & Evan Kidd.
  • 2nd Workshop on the acquisition of lesser-documented languages (University of Melbourne, 9.8.2019), organized by Lucinda Davidson, Rebecca Defina, Barbara F. Kelly, Shanley E. M. Allen, Birgit Hellwig & Evan Kidd.

Selected Talks

  • Hausdorf, Marc. 2023. Towards a Reconstruction of Proto-Baining. Current Trends in Papuan Linguistics II (Paris, 15.-17.2.2023).
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2021. Child language and child-directed language in grammar writing: Exploring the potential. Descriptive Grammars and Typology II: The challenges of writing grammars of underdescribed and endangered languages (Paris, 1.-3.12.2021). Keynote speaker.
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2021. Language Documentation, Acquisition and Socialization: Widening the Evidential Base. (Abralin ao vivo, online, 8.9.2021).
  • Defina, Rebecca et al. [incl. Birgit Hellwig]. 2021. Can we describe non-WEIRD language development with only 5 hours? Symposium organized at the Conference of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (Online, 15.-23.7.2021).
  • Hellwig, Birgit et al. 2021. Language acquisition in crosslinguistic context: How can we increase language coverage? (Panel discussion organised by Birgit Hellwig in collaboration with ILARA (Institut des langues rares), online, 6.5.2021).
  • Frye, Henrike. 2020. Child-directed speech in Qaqet: A multimethod approach. 12th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (Digital event run from the University of Oslo, 18.-20.6.2020).
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2020. Language documentation, acquisition and socialization: The sketch acquisition manual. 12th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (Digital event run from the University of Oslo, 18.-20.6.2020). Keynote speaker.
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2020. Child language documentation: The sketch acquisition project. Workshop Corpus-based typology: spoken language from a cross-linguistic perspective, Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (Hamburg, 4.-5.3.2020).
  • Eisenbeiß, Sonja. 2019. Ansprüche und Lösungsansätze für die Dokumentation der Sprachen in Papua Neu Guinea. Exchange of experiences, Fachreferate der Geisteswissenschaften, Bonn.
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2019. Researching language acquisition and socialization in Papuan languages. Current Trends in Papuan Linguistics (Paris, 10.‐11.12.2019). Keynote speaker.
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2019. Child language documentation and the adult language. 3. Vielfaltslinguistik (Universität zu Köln, 28.-29.3.2019). Keynote speaker.
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2019. Sprachdokumentation und Spracherwerb: Die Qaqet in Papua-Neuguinea. Inaugural lecture at the University of Cologne.
  • Eisenbeiß, Sonja. 2018. Production Methods for Young Children. Invited talk at the University of Konstanz.
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2018. Child language documentation: perspectives from language documentation, language acquisition and language socialization. Workshop Cross-disciplinary perspectives on low-resource language varieties, Saarbrücken.
  • Eisenbeiß, Sonja. 2017. Young children’s productions in naturalistic settings - targeted games, broad-spectrum games, and a toolkit for research and clinical purposes. International Exploratory Workshop: Detecting Child Language Disorders: New Assessment Measures and Methods for Early Learners. Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
  • Hellwig, Birgit. 2017. Linguistic diversity: Empirical data, theory, and the role of questionnaires and stimuli. Workshop sur les outils d’élicitation pour la linguistique descriptive et la typologie (Paris, 9.-10.11.2017). Keynote speaker.
  • Dawuda, Carmen. 2016. Child language documentation: Qaqet Baining. Invited talk at the research centre SeDYL, Paris.
  • Eisenbeiß, Sonja. 2016. Taking Experimental Linguistics to the Field - Challenges, Methods, and Resources. Invited talk at the University of Mainz.

Teaching (University of Cologne). The following BA and MA-level courses are (wholly or partly) connected to research carried out in our project:

Press & public outreach