Jonathon Lum completed his PhD at Monash University in 2018. His thesis focused on frames of spatial reference in Dhivehi, an Indo-Aryan language spoken throughout the Maldives, and the extent to which frames of reference relate to non-linguistic representations of space as well as to the physical environment in which speakers live.
Jonathon's current research interests include sociolinguistic variation in spatial language, the typology of frames of reference and their subtypes, and the relationships between egophoricity, person marking and various morphosyntactic and sociopragmatic phenomena including reported speech constructions and pronoun avoidance for politeness.
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Socioculturally mediated responses to environment shaping universals and diversity in spat..
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Diversity in spatial language within communities: the interplay of culture, language and l..
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How does the environment shape spatial language? Evidence for sociotopography
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What in the World Is North? Translating Cardinal Directions across Languages, Cultures and..
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The Virtual Atoll Task: a spatial language elicitation tool
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Australian PhD Prize for Innovations in Linguistics
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Positions
Lecturer In Linguistics
Languages And Linguistics
Member
Australian Linguistic Society
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Monash University
Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts
Monash University