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Carmel O'Shannessy | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Language contact and children's bilingual acquisition: learning a mixed language and Warlpiri in northern Australia. (2006) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Sub-discipline | Language documentation, language contact, Australian languages, language acquisition |
| Institutions | The Australian National University |
| Website | ANU Faculty Page |
Carmel O'Shannessy is an Australian linguistics professor at the Australian National University. She is particularly known for her work on language contact in Australia, having described and documented what is now known as Light Warlpiri.[1][2] Her research combines her expertise in linguistics with a teaching background. She worked as a teacher in Indigenous schools in Australia's Northern Territory in the 1990s. Since 2017, she has been Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University.
- ^ "Dr Carmel O'Shannessy". Researchers. Australian National University. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Bakalar, Nicholas (14 July 2013). "A Village Invents a Language All Its Own (Published 2013)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 March 2021.