Dr Rebecca Defina
Lecturer, Linguistics
School of Languages and Linguistics
26 Scholarly works
3 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2025
Journal article
Duration Is Not a Reliable Indicator for Anticipating Event Boundaries
DOI: 10.1007/s42113-025-00243-x2025
Journal article
Children’s verbal inflection development in Pitjantjatjara: An acquisition sketch
DOI: 10.1080/07268602.2025.25120142025
Journal article
A comparative study of child-directed language across five cultures based on data from the Acquisition Sketch Project
DOI: 10.1080/07268602.2025.25148252025
Journal article
Cultural practices within Indigenous Australian communities enhance mental health
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00064-12022
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Learning to Think and Talk About Events in the APY Lands
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
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2024
Book Chapter
Linguistic fieldwork as team science
DOI: 10.1075/slcs.235.01def2024
Book Chapter
Linguistic fieldwork as team science
DOI: 10.1075/slcs.235.01def2024
Journal article
Dedicated comparatives aid comparisons of magnitude: a study with Pitjantjatjara-English bilinguals
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.14187972023
Journal article
Analyzing polysemiosis: Language, gesture, and depiction in two cultural practices with sand drawing
DOI: 10.1515/sem-2022-01022023
Book Chapter
A Grammatical Sketch of Avatime (Kwa, Niger-Congo, Ghana)
DOI: 10.1017/9781316418086.0302023
Journal article
Diverse research teams: A framework for research review
DOI: 10.1177/14707853221145845