The University of Queensland

Warlpiri encyclopaedic dictionary

Laughren, Mary , Hale, Kenneth , Egan Nungarrayi, Jeannie , Jangala, Marlurrku Paddy Patrick , Hoogenraad, Robert , Nash, David and Simpson, Jane (2022). Warlpiri encyclopaedic dictionary. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.

Warlpiri picture dictionary: warlpiri yimi kuruwarri-kirli

Hoogenraad, Robert and Laughren, Mary (2012). Warlpiri picture dictionary: warlpiri yimi kuruwarri-kirli. Alice Springs, NT, Australia: IAD Press.

Expert domains of knowledge in Ngurlu yawulyu songs from Jipiranpa

Walker Napurrurla, Fanny, Barwick, Linda and Laughren, Mary (2024). Expert domains of knowledge in Ngurlu yawulyu songs from Jipiranpa. Vitality and change in Warlpiri songs: juju-ngaliyarlu karnalu-jana pina-pina-mani kurdu-warnu-patu jujuku. (pp. 145-198) edited by Georgia Curran, Linda Barwick, Valerie Napaljarri Martin, Simon Japangardi Fisher and Nicolas Peterson. Sydney, NSW Australia: Sydney University Press. doi: 10.2307/jj.12166957.15

Warnajarra: innovation and continuity in design and lyrics in a Warlpiri women's song set

Turpin, Myfany, Morais, Megan, Laughren, Mary, Nampijinpa Martin, Peggy and Napurrurla Morton, Helen (2024). Warnajarra: innovation and continuity in design and lyrics in a Warlpiri women's song set. Vitality and change in Warlpiri songs: juju-ngaliyarlu karnalu-jana pina-pina-mani kurdu-warnu-patu jujuku. (pp. 207-251) edited by Georgia Curran, Linda Barwick, Valerie Napaljarri Martin, Simon Japangardi Fisher and Nicolas Peterson. Sydney, NSW Australia: Sydney University Press. doi: 10.2307/jj.12166957.16

Reflexive constructions in Warlpiri

Mary Laughren (2023). Reflexive constructions in Warlpiri. Reflexive constructions in the world's languages. (pp. 587-619) edited by Katarzyna Janic, Nicoletta Puddu and Martin Haspelmath. Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7861660

Some notes on Australian languages and Waanyi in particular

Laughren, Mary (2021). Some notes on Australian languages and Waanyi in particular. Alexis Wright, Carpentaria: the Law of the Land. (pp. 202-215) edited by Susan Barrett, Estelle Castro-Koshy and Laura Singeot. Paris, France: Belin: Education.

The politics of suffering: some contrarian reflections

Stead, Jeffrey, Laughren, Mary and Graham, Robert (2020). The politics of suffering: some contrarian reflections. Ethnographer and contrarian: biographical and anthropological essays in honour of Peter Sutton. (pp. 133-151) edited by Julie D. Finlayson and Frances Morphy. Mile End, South Australia: Wakefield Press.

Asymmetrical distinctions in Waanyi kinship terminology

Laughren, Mary (2018). Asymmetrical distinctions in Waanyi kinship terminology. Skin, kin and clan: the dynamics of social categories in Indigenous Australia. (pp. 391-429) edited by Patrick McConvell, Piers Kelly and Sebastien Lacrampe. Acton, ACT, Australia: ANU Press.

Serial verbs in Waanyi and its neighbours

Laughren, Mary (2018). Serial verbs in Waanyi and its neighbours. Language, land and song: studies in honour of Luise Hercus. (pp. 139-157) edited by Peter K. Austin, Harold Koch and Jane Simpson. Batchelor, N.T., Australia: Batchelor Institute Press.

Women's yawulyu songs as evidence of connections to and knowledge of land: the Jardiwanpa

Laughren, Mary, Curran, Georgia, Turpin, Myfany and Peterson, Nicolas (2018). Women's yawulyu songs as evidence of connections to and knowledge of land: the Jardiwanpa. Language, land and song: studies in honour of Luise Hercus. (pp. 344-371) edited by Peter K. Austin, Harold Koch and Jane Simpson. Batchelor, N.T., Australia: Batchelor Institute Press.

Songs performed by Willie Rookwood at Woorabinda in 1965

Laughren, Mary, Turpin, Myfany and Turner, Gemma (2017). Songs performed by Willie Rookwood at Woorabinda in 1965. Recirculating songs: revitalising the singing practices of Indigenous Australia. (pp. 119-139) edited by Jim Wafer and Myfany Turpin. Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics.

The Ergative in Warlpiri: a case study

Laughren, Mary (2017). The Ergative in Warlpiri: a case study. The Oxford handbook of ergativity. (pp. 1-46) edited by Jessica Coon, Diane Massam and Lisa Demena Travis. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739371.013.39

Possession in Kuku-Thaypan through a comparative lens

Laughren, Mary (2016). Possession in Kuku-Thaypan through a comparative lens. Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. (pp. 179-198) edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Diane Hafner. Philadelphia, United States: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/clu.18.09lau

Serial verbs in Waanyi and its neighbours

Laughren, Mary (2016). Serial verbs in Waanyi and its neighbours. Language, land and song: studies in honour of Luise Hercus. (pp. 172-193) edited by Peter K. Austin, Harold Koch and Jane Simpson. London, United Kingdom: EL Publishing.

Women’s yawulyu songs as evidence of connections to and knowledge of land: the Jardiwanpa

Laughren, Mary, Curran, Georgia, Turpin, Myfany and Peterson, Nicolas (2016). Women’s yawulyu songs as evidence of connections to and knowledge of land: the Jardiwanpa. Language, land and song: studies in honour of Luise Hercus. (pp. 419-449) edited by Peter K. Austin, Harold Koch and Jane Simpson. London, United Kingdom: EL Publishing.

Pitjantjatjara

Laughren, Mary (2013). Pitjantjatjara. Puzzles in Logic, Languages and Computation: The Red Book. (pp. 78-79) edited by Dragomir Radev. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Volume 2 Problems: Bamanan-kan

Laughren, Mary (2013). Volume 2 Problems: Bamanan-kan. Puzzles in Logic, Languages and Computation: The Green Book. (pp. 88-90) edited by Dragomir Radev. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Volume 2 Problems: Me and my waddy

Laughren, Mary (2013). Volume 2 Problems: Me and my waddy. Puzzles in Logic, Languages and Computation: The Green Book. (pp. 86-87) edited by Dragomir Radev. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Volume 2 Problems: Stopping and flapping in Warlpiri

Laughren, Mary (2013). Volume 2 Problems: Stopping and flapping in Warlpiri. Puzzles in Logic, Languages and Computation: The Green Book. (pp. 55-56) edited by Dragomir Radev. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Zoque

Laughren, Mary (2013). Zoque. Puzzles in Logic, Languages and Computation: The Red Book. (pp. 76-77) edited by Dragomir Radev. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Warlpiri verbs of change and causation: The thematic core

Laughren, Mary (2010). Warlpiri verbs of change and causation: The thematic core. Complex predicates: Cross-linguistic perspectives on event structure. (pp. 167-236) edited by Mengistu Amberber, Brett Baker and Mark Harvey. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511712234.008

Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language

Laughren, Mary, Pensalfini, Rob and Mylne, Tom (2005). Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language. Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages. (pp. 367-401) edited by Carnie, Andrew, Harley, Heidi and Dooley, Sheila Ann. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

The Ngumpin-Yapa Subgroup

McConvell, Patrick and Laughren, Mary (2004). The Ngumpin-Yapa Subgroup. Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. (pp. 151-177) edited by C. Bowern and H. Koch. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Syntactic Constraints in a 'Free Word Order' Language

Laughren, Mary (2002). Syntactic Constraints in a 'Free Word Order' Language. Language Universals and Variation. (pp. 83-130) edited by Amberber, Mengistu and Collins, Peter. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.

Semantic Contrasts in Warlpiri Verbal Morphology: A Warlpiri's Verbal View

Granites, R. and Laughren, M. (2001). Semantic Contrasts in Warlpiri Verbal Morphology: A Warlpiri's Verbal View. Forty Years On: Ken Hale and Australian Languages. (pp. 151-159) edited by Simpson, Jane, Nash, David, Laughren, Mary, Austin, Peter and Alpher, Barry. Canberra, ACT Australia: Pacific Linguistics.

Senufo Vowel Harmony: the Representation of Tongue Height Contrasts

Laughren, M. (2001). Senufo Vowel Harmony: the Representation of Tongue Height Contrasts. Lecons d'Afrique: Filitations, rupture et reconstitution de langues. Un Hommage a Gabriel Manessy. (pp. 57-89) edited by Robert Nicolai. Paris: Peeters.

What Warlpiri 'avoidance' registers do with grammar

Laughren, Mary (2001). What Warlpiri 'avoidance' registers do with grammar. Forty Years On: Ken Hale and Australian Languages. (pp. 199-225) edited by Simpson, Jane, Nash, David, Laughren, Mary and Alpher, Barry. Canberra: Australian National University.

Australian Aboriginal Languages: Their contemporary status and functions

Laughren, M. (2000). Australian Aboriginal Languages: Their contemporary status and functions. The Handbook of Australian Languages. (pp. 1-32) edited by Barry J. Blake and Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Jurntu Purlapa—Warlpiri songline for the Jurntu Fire Dreaming site (Australia)

Glowczewski, Barbara, Patrick, Jerry Jangala and Laughren, Mary (2020). Jurntu Purlapa—Warlpiri songline for the Jurntu Fire Dreaming site (Australia). Cahiers de littérature orale, 87 (87), 225-231. doi: 10.4000/clo.8733

Ear and belly in Warlpiri descriptions of cognitive and emotional experience

Laughren, Mary and Ponsonnet, Maia (2020). Ear and belly in Warlpiri descriptions of cognitive and emotional experience. Pragmatics and Cognition, 27 (1), 240-271. doi: 10.1075/pc.00016.lau

Central Australian Aboriginal songs and biocultural knowledge: evidence from women's ceremonies relating to edible seeds

Curran, Georgia, Barwick, Linda, Turpin, Myfany, Walsh, Fiona and Laughren, Mary (2019). Central Australian Aboriginal songs and biocultural knowledge: evidence from women's ceremonies relating to edible seeds. Journal of Ethnobiology, 39 (3), 354-370. doi: 10.2993/0278-0771-39.3.354

Review of Barbara Glowczewski, Desert dreamers: with the Warlpiri people of Australia

Laughren, Mary (2016). Review of Barbara Glowczewski, Desert dreamers: with the Warlpiri people of Australia. Australian Aboriginal Studies (2), 132-135.

Australia loves language puzzles: the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (OzCLO)

Estival, Dominique, Bow, Cathy, Henderson, John, Kelly, Barbara, Laughren, Mary, Mayer, Elisabeth, Molla, Diego, Mrowa-Hopkins, Colette, Nordlinger, Rachel, Rieschild, Verna, Schalley, Andrea C., Stanley, Alexander W. and Vaughan, Jill (2014). Australia loves language puzzles: the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (OzCLO). Linguistics and Language Compass, 8 (12), 659-670. doi: 10.1111/lnc3.12096

Edge effects in warlpiri yawulyu songs: Resyllabification, Epenthesis, final vowel modification

Turpin, Myfany and Laughren, Mary (2013). Edge effects in warlpiri yawulyu songs: Resyllabification, Epenthesis, final vowel modification. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 33 (4), 399-425. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2013.857569

Sustaining women's yawulyu/awelye: Some practitioners' and learners' perspectives

Barwick, Linda, Laughren, Mary and Turpin, Myfany (2013). Sustaining women's yawulyu/awelye: Some practitioners' and learners' perspectives. Musicology Australia, 35 (2), 191-220. doi: 10.1080/08145857.2013.844491

From linguistic research findings to useful products for Australian Aboriginal communities

Laughren, Mary (2013). From linguistic research findings to useful products for Australian Aboriginal communities. etropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, 12 (1), 73-83. doi: 10.25120/etropic.12.1.2013.3395

Yuendumu Everyday: Contemporary Life in Remote Aboriginal Australia, by Yasmine Musharbash

Laughren, Mary (2010). Yuendumu Everyday: Contemporary Life in Remote Aboriginal Australia, by Yasmine Musharbash. Aboriginal History, 34 (1), 181-289.

Review of Moskovsky, Christo, aspects of binding in Bulgarian, Frankfur am main: Peter Lang (European University Studies, series XXI linguistics, 2002

Laughren, Mary (2004). Review of Moskovsky, Christo, aspects of binding in Bulgarian, Frankfur am main: Peter Lang (European University Studies, series XXI linguistics, 2002. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 24 (2), 225-232.

Nhanda: An aboriginal language of Western Australia.

Laughren, M (2003). Nhanda: An aboriginal language of Western Australia.. Oceanic Linguistics, 42 (1), 259-266. doi: 10.2307/3623460

Obituary: Kenneth Locke Hale (1934-2001)

Laughren, M. (2002). Obituary: Kenneth Locke Hale (1934-2001). Aboriginal History, 25, 265-275.

A revised analysis of Warlpiri verb inflections plus auxiliary combinations: their make-over in 'Light' Warlpiri

Laughren, Mary (2013). A revised analysis of Warlpiri verb inflections plus auxiliary combinations: their make-over in 'Light' Warlpiri. ALS 2012: 43rd Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Perth, WA, Australia, 5-7 December, 2012. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: Australian Linguistic Society.

Learning from OzCLO, the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad

Estival, Dominique, Henderson, John, Laughren, Mary, Mollá, Diego, Bow, Cathy, Nordlinger, Rachel, Rieschild, Verna, Schalley, Andrea C., Stanley, Alexander W. and Mrowa-Hopkins, Colette (2013). Learning from OzCLO, the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad. ACL 2013: 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Sofia, Bulgaria, 4 -9 August, 2013. Stroudsburg, PA, USA: Association of Computational Linguistics.

Text and meter in a Lander Warlpiri song series

Turpin, Myfany and Laughren, Mary (2013). Text and meter in a Lander Warlpiri song series. Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Melbourne, Australia, 1 October 2013. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne.

Connected speech processes in Warlpiri

Ingram, John, Laughren, Mary and Chapman, Jeff (2008). Connected speech processes in Warlpiri. 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2008) incorporating the 12th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST 2008), Brisbane, Australia, 22-26 September 2008. Baixas, France: International Speech Communication Association.

The role of animacy and definiteness in the clitic-DP nexus

Laughren, Mary and Eisenchlas, Susana (2006). The role of animacy and definiteness in the clitic-DP nexus. 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society ALS2005, Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 September 2005. Australia: Australian Linguistic Society.

Distinguishing prosodic word and phonological word in Walpiri: Prosodic constituency in morphologically complex words

Pentland, Christina and Laughren, Mary (2005). Distinguishing prosodic word and phonological word in Walpiri: Prosodic constituency in morphologically complex words. ALS 2004 Conference, Sydney, Australia, 13-15 July 2004. Sydney, Australia: The Australian Linguistic Society.

Wanyi word formation and vowel harmony

Laughren, M. (2004). Wanyi word formation and vowel harmony. 2003 Australian Linguistic Society Conference, University of Newcastle, School of Language & Media, 26 - 28 September 2003. Newcastle: The School of Language & Media, the University of Newcastle.

Wanyi Reflexive-Reciprocal Constructions

Laughren, M. (2002). Wanyi Reflexive-Reciprocal Constructions. 2001 Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, Canberra: ANU, 27-30 September, 2001. Canberra: Australian Linguistics Society, ANU.

Constraints on the pre-auxiliary position in Warlpiri and the nature of Auxiliary

Laughren, M. (2000). Constraints on the pre-auxiliary position in Warlpiri and the nature of Auxiliary. 1999 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, U of Western Australia, Perth, 28 September - 2 October. www.arts.uwa.edu.au/LingWWW/als99/proceedings: Australian Linguistic Society.

Selected papers from the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society

Ilana Mushin and Mary Laughren eds. (2007). Selected papers from the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society. 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society, St Lucia, Australia, 7-9 July 2006.

Yawulyu Wirliyajarrayi-wardingkiki: ngatijirri, ngapa. Willowra songlines: Budgerigar and rain

Willowra Community, Laughren, Mary, Turpin, Myfany and Morton, Helen Napurrurla (2010). Yawulyu Wirliyajarrayi-wardingkiki: ngatijirri, ngapa. Willowra songlines: Budgerigar and rain. Willowra, NT, Australia: Willowra Community.