Dr Jaime Hunt
Lecturer
Learning and Teaching (Linguistics)
- Email:jaime.hunt@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:02 4921 6885
Career Summary
Biography
I am a Lecturer within Open Foundation, where I coordinate the Language in Society and Foundations of Linguistics courses at the Callaghan campus and online.
Research Expertise:
I have two broad areas in which I am actively researching. They are:
- English-German language contact, specifically the influence that English (in the form of anglicisms) has on the German language at lexical, morphological, and sociolinguistic levels
- Language shift and language maintenance among communities in Australia with German as a heritage language.
Teaching Expertise:
Recipient of The English Language and Foundation Studies Centre Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning 2014. I have a strong background in teaching linguistics and academic literacies at the University of Newcastle, and English language at the University of Passau and the Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany.
Visiting Scholar Positions:
- 1 July - 30 September 2019, Research Unit "Emerging Grammars in Language Contact Situations: A Comparative Approach" at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
- 1 October - 30 December 2019, Department of English, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
- 12-17 November 2019, Department of English Linguistics, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland, and Institute of English Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
PhD Supervision Availability:
I am available to supervise PhD students interested in investigating language contact, sociolinguistics, or language policy, especially in the following areas:
- anglicisms/English loanwords (particularly in German)
- heritage languages
- language maintenance and shift
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle
- Master of Applied Linguistics, University of Newcastle
- Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of New England
Keywords
- Anglicisms in German
- Contact Linguistics
- English-German Language Contact
- German as a heritage language
- Language maintenance
- Language policy
Languages
- English (Fluent)
- German (Fluent)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 470309 | German language | 30 |
| 470411 | Sociolinguistics | 40 |
| 470409 | Linguistic structures (incl. phonology, morphology and syntax) | 30 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|
| Lecturer | University of Newcastle Learning and Teaching Australia |
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/6/2011 - 8/2/2015 | Casual Lecturer | University of Newcastle English Language and Foundation Studies Centre Australia |
| 1/1/2006 - 3/7/2015 | Academic Language and Learning Adviser | University of Newcastle Academic Division- Centre for Teaching and Learning Australia |
| 1/7/2005 - 20/12/2013 | Casual Academic | University of Newcastle School of Humanities and Social Science Australia |
Awards
Award
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Best Publication English Language and Foundation Studies Centre, University of Newcastle |
| 2014 |
Excellence in Teaching and Learning English Language and Foundation Studies Centre |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (3 outputs)
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| 2022 |
Hunt J, 'Hey, it s what all the cool kids are talking about, okay? Exploring collocations of Anglicisms in spoken German', Anglicisms and Corpus Linguistics: Corpus-Aided Research into the Influence of English on European Languages, Peter Lang Verlag, Berlin, DE 119-136 (2022) [B1]
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| 2020 | Hunt JW, 'To -s or not to -s? Plural marking on anglicisms in spoken German', Languages in Contact and Contrast. A Festschrift for Professor Elzbieta Manczak-Wohlfeld on the Occasion of Her 70th Birthday, Jagiellonian University Press, Kraków 213-228 (2020) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
| 2019 |
Hunt J, 'Anglicisms in German: Tsunami or trickle?', Informalization and Hybridization of Speech Practices, Peter Lang, Berlin 25-58 (2019) [B1]
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Journal article (8 outputs)
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| 2022 |
Hunt JW, Davis SE, ' So, mein Deutsch ist schlecht : echoes of societal attitudes and education language policies within the family language policies of second- and third-generation German speakers in Newcastle, Australia', International Journal of Multilingualism, 19 233-250 (2022) [C1] Family language policy research often neglects the dynamic nature of FLP over time. Here, we interview second generation members of migrant families for their recollections as her... [more] Family language policy research often neglects the dynamic nature of FLP over time. Here, we interview second generation members of migrant families for their recollections as heritage language learners and their experiences setting their own FLP towards their children. We use a transdisciplinary oral history/narrative methodology to discern oscillating attitudes concerning language maintenance and acquisition as a function of changing societal and education policy. Participants are from three families originating in waves of German-speaking migrants to Australia between the 1930s and 1970s. We find that FLP only occasionally maps onto the stages of shifting ideology, highlighting individual agency of families in setting their own FLP, although sometimes remnants of bygone ideologies enter the family through marriage. Furthermore, while participants negotiated inconsistent impacts of education policies on the availability of German classes at school, to support their FLP, they utilise forms of language education outside the school system, including travel to the German-speaking ¿homelands¿. These case studies underline the individuality of participants¿ experiences of FLP, their autonomy, and success in shaping their own language policies. Overall, it is striking how much autonomy and agency individuals and families have, considering the external forces of language education policy and language ideology discourses.
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| 2022 | Khodos I, Hunt J, 'Developing Students Linguistic and Analytical Skills: The Use of Anchored Instruction in an Introductory Sociolinguistics Course', International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 34 153-160 (2022) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
| 2022 |
Hunt JW, 'Snakes, Sharks, and the Great Barrier Reef: Selected Use of Anglicisms to Represent Australia in the Australian German-Language Newspaper, Die Woche', Frontiers in Communication, 7 [C1]
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| 2021 | Alenazi Y, Chen S, Picard M, Hunt J, 'Corpus-focused Analysis of Spelling Errors in Saudi Learners' English Translations', TESOL International Journal, 16 1-25 (2021) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
| 2019 |
Hunt J, 'Lexical hybridization of English and German elements: a comparison between spoken German and the language of the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel', Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 136 107-120 (2019) [C1]
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| 2019 |
Hunt J, Davis S, 'Social and historical factors contributing to language shift among German heritage-language migrants in Australia: An overview', Linguistik Online, 100 159-180 (2019) [C1]
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| 2018 |
Hunt JW, 'The gender of anglicisms in spoken German', Word, 64 103-125 (2018) [C1] Unlike English nouns, German nouns have grammatical gender. One issue arising from this, when the two languages come into contact with each other, is which gender English loanword... [more] Unlike English nouns, German nouns have grammatical gender. One issue arising from this, when the two languages come into contact with each other, is which gender English loanwords take when borrowed into German. Previous studies on anglicisms and their gender have focused on the printed word, highlighting the importance of semantics over morpho-phonological analogy in gender assignment to loanwords. This paper will provide insight into the gender assignment process applied to nominal anglicisms by analyzing a data set (199 types, 1108 tokens) from a corpus of everyday modern spoken German (46,844 types and 1185,080 tokens). Results confirm the hypothesis that morphology matters more than semantics in gender assignment to anglicisms in German.
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| 2015 |
Spray E, Hunt JW, 'Measuring the academic literacies beliefs and researcher identity of research students', Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 1-16 (2015) [C1]
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Review (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2019 |
Hunt JW, 'The Language of the Third Reich', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS (2019)
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Conference (6 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2023 |
Hunt J, Davis S, 'The complexity of factors influencing the linguistic production of Heritage-German speakers in Newcastle, Australia', Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (2023)
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| 2023 |
Hunt J, Davis S, 'Language shift within a German-speaking community in regional Australia: Ideologies, utility, and attitudes', Eichstätt and Munich, Germany (2023)
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| 2019 |
Hunt J, Davis S, ' There s little bits, I mean... I wish there was more, but... Echoes of societal attitudes, family language policy, and education language policies on the maintenance of German among second- and third-generation speakers in Newcastle, Australia', Essen, Germany (2019)
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Media (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2018 |
Hunt J, Davis S, 'Deutsches Erbe / German Heritage', (2018)
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Presentation (3 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hunt J, ' Mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut German as a Heritage Language in Newcastle, Australia', (2018) | ||
| 2017 | Hunt J, 'Oh no! Anglicisms! (Fully revised version)', (2017) | ||
| 2016 | Hunt J, 'Oh no! Anglicisms!', (2016) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 12 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $27,719 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20231 grants / $5,041
External collaboration_International_Hunt$5,041
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Jaime Hunt |
| Scheme | External Collaboration Grant Scheme - International |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2023 |
| Funding Finish | 2023 |
| GNo | G2300428 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20221 grants / $4,953
German as a Heritage Language and Culture in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley Australia Phase 2$4,953
Funding body: Australian Linguistic Society
| Funding body | Australian Linguistic Society |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Jaime Hunt, Doctor Sacha Davis |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2022 |
| Funding Finish | 2022 |
| GNo | G2200666 |
| Type Of Funding | C3100 – Aust For Profit |
| Category | 3100 |
| UON | Y |
20202 grants / $3,750
Research and Innovation Summer Research Internship Program$3,000
The project included a search of newspaper records for the Newcastle and surrounding region in support of a current multidisciplinary study of the historical and linguistic experiences of German-speakers and their descendants in Newcastle (title: German as a Heritage Language in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley). This will contextualise, verify, and expand upon the lived experience of German-speakers as recorded in interview. In addition, this project will provide the local historical context contributing to the Heritage-speaker lexicon: dynamics and interfaces project in collaboration with the University of Mannheim and Humboldt University, Germany, while contributing to our understanding of migrant experiences, the Novocastrian reception of Jewish refugees and German expellees from Eastern Europe, and debate proposals for their settlement in Australia provoked locally and nationally.
Funding body: Research and Innovation Division
| Funding body | Research and Innovation Division |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Dr Jaime W Hunt, Dr Sacha E Davis, Mr James Allison-Gray |
| Scheme | Summer Research Internship Program |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2020 |
| Funding Finish | 2021 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Faculty of Education and Arts Undergraduate Internship Scheme$750
Part of a larger project to establish the history of German-speaking migrants in the Newcastle and the Hunter Valley area, this sub-project helped to advance Phase II by directly investigating the first generation of German-speaking migrants. (Phase I of the project investigated the second and third generations.)
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia
| Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Dr Sacha E Davis, Dr Jaime W Hunt, Mr James Allison-Gray |
| Scheme | Faculty of Education and Arts Undergraduate Internship Scheme |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2020 |
| Funding Finish | 2020 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20192 grants / $5,217
Creating online pedagogies to enhance critical thinking and analytical skills in the EPHUMA149 Language in Society course$4,932
Funding body: the Educator Network (tEN)
| Funding body | the Educator Network (tEN) |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Jaime Hunt and Iryna Khodos |
| Scheme | Teaching and Innovation Investment Scheme (TI2) |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2019 |
| Funding Finish | 2019 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
German as a Heritage Language in Australia: Conducting research using semi-structured interview; and Varieties of Australian English$285
Funding body: Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt
| Funding body | Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt |
|---|---|
| Scheme | Visiting Scholars Funding Scheme |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2019 |
| Funding Finish | 2019 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | International - Non Competitive |
| Category | 3IFB |
| UON | N |
20183 grants / $2,235
German as a heritage language in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley$1,600
Funding body: ELFSC Research Office
| Funding body | ELFSC Research Office |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Dr Jaime W Hunt; Dr Sacha E. Davis |
| Scheme | ELFSC Research Funding 2018 |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2018 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Travel Funding$475
Funding body: Alpen-Adria Universität, Klagenfurt
| Funding body | Alpen-Adria Universität, Klagenfurt |
|---|---|
| Scheme | Travel Funds |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2019 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | External |
| Category | EXTE |
| UON | N |
“Mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut” German as a Heritage Language in Newcastle, Australia$160
Funding body: Potsdam University
| Funding body | Potsdam University |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Jaime W. Hunt and Sacha E. Davis |
| Scheme | Visiting Scholars Honorarium |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2018 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | International - Non Competitive |
| Category | 3IFB |
| UON | N |
20173 grants / $6,523
German as a heritage language in Newcastle and the Hunter$3,518
Funding body: Australian Linguistic Society
| Funding body | Australian Linguistic Society |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Jaime Hunt, Doctor Sacha Davis |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | G1601158 |
| Type Of Funding | C3200 – Aust Not-for Profit |
| Category | 3200 |
| UON | Y |
Exploring barriers to success for students in enabling programs$1,875
Funding body: ELFSC Research Office
| Funding body | ELFSC Research Office |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Jaime W. Hunt, Joyleen Christensen |
| Scheme | Statistical Support Funding |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Oh no! Anglicisms! $1,130
Funding body: Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt
| Funding body | Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt |
|---|---|
| Scheme | Visiting Scholars Funding Scheme |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | International - Non Competitive |
| Category | 3IFB |
| UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PhD | The Translator and the Author: The Two Threads of One Yarn | PhD (Cultural Studies), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2022 | PhD | Variation in the Morphological and Phonetic Form of English Loanwords Produced by Speakers of Jordanian-Arabic in Jordan and in Australia | PhD (Linguistics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2021 | PhD | Supporting Student Employability Skills in an Indonesian University: Constructing Identities through the implementation of English-medium Instruction in Engineering Lectures | PhD (Linguistics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2021 | PhD | Exploring EFL Student Plagiarism: Insights from Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia | PhD (Linguistics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PhD | Lexical Errors Analysis of Saudi University English Major Students’ Translation Texts | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Research Opportunities
PhD Supervision Availability
I am available to supervise PhD students interested in investigating anglicisms/English loanwords (especially in German), heritage languages, language maintenance and shift, and other topics in language contact, sociolinguistics, or language policy.
PHD
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
5/10/2022 - 30/11/2029
Contact
Doctor Jaime Hunt
University of Newcastle
Learning and Teaching
jaime.hunt@newcastle.edu.au
Dr Jaime Hunt
Position
Lecturer
Open Foundation
Learning and Teaching
Academic Division
Focus area
Linguistics
Contact Details
| jaime.hunt@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | 02 4921 6885 |
| Links |
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Office
| Room | GP-G16 |
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| Building | General Purpose Building |
| Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
