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Nicholas Evans is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the Australian National University and a lead researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language. His research primarily focuses on the diversity of human language and its relationship with culture, exploring key questions about language structure and social cognition through languages in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Evans has actively engaged in fieldwork, dedicating years to documenting endangered languages and advocating for their preservation. He has published grammars and dictionaries on various indigenous languages and supervised emerging linguists in language documentation and description. His current projects include a cross-linguistic study of social cognition and a global study of linguistic paradigms. He has received recognition as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities (FAHA) and the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA), reflecting his contributions to linguistic research and academic leadership.
Australian National University • Canberra, ACT, Australia
Leading research in linguistics with a focus on endangered languages and their documentation.
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