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Email

rebecca.defina@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
ARC DECRA Research Fellow
School of Languages and Linguistics
Education
PhD
Radboud University
PhD
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
PhD
Radboud University
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Leiden University
ORCID

0000-0002-3637-1271

Dr Rebecca Defina

ARC DECRA Research Fellow
School of Languages and Linguistics

26 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Duration Is Not a Reliable Indicator for Anticipating Event Boundaries
    DOI: 10.1007/s42113-025-00243-x
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Children’s verbal inflection development in Pitjantjatjara: An acquisition sketch
    DOI: 10.1080/07268602.2025.2512014
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A comparative study of child-directed language across five cultures based on data from the Acquisition Sketch Project
    DOI: 10.1080/07268602.2025.2514825
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Cultural practices within Indigenous Australian communities enhance mental health
    DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00064-1
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Linguistic fieldwork as team science
    DOI: 10.1075/slcs.235.01def
  • 2022

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Learning to Think and Talk About Events in the APY Lands
  • 2019

    Internal Research Grant

    A Guide for Documenting Language Development in Under-Studied Languages
Rebecca Defina

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Linguistic fieldwork as team science
    DOI: 10.1075/slcs.235.01def
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Dedicated comparatives aid comparisons of magnitude: a study with Pitjantjatjara-English bilinguals
    DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1418797
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Analyzing polysemiosis: Language, gesture, and depiction in two cultural practices with sand drawing
    DOI: 10.1515/sem-2022-0102
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    A Grammatical Sketch of Avatime (Kwa, Niger-Congo, Ghana)
    DOI: 10.1017/9781316418086.030
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Diverse research teams: A framework for research review
    DOI: 10.1177/14707853221145845

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