Dr William ( Bill ) Palmer

Work Phone	(02) 4921 5157
Email	Bill.Palmer@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Senior Lecturer School of Humanities and Social Science The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	MC116, McMullin Building

Biography

* Linguistics Discipline Convenor

* Program Leader, Endangered Languages Documentation, Theory and Application Group

* Linguistics Research Higher Degree and Honours coordinator

Qualifications

PhD, University of Sydney, 1999
Master of Arts, University of Sydney

Research

Research keywords

Language
Linguistic structures

Research expertise

Austronesian and non-Austronesian Pacific languages- particularly the Oceanic languages of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville, Linguistic typology, Syntax- particularly argument structure and coding, Linguistic and nonlinguistic spatial behaviour and spatial cognition and the relationship between language and thought, Phonology- particularly reduplication and stress.

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
200499	Linguistics Not Elsewhere Classified	100

Centres and Groups

Centre

Humanities Research Institute

Memberships

Committee/Associations (relevant to research).

Member - Australian Linguistics Society
Member - Linguistics Association of Great Britain
Member - Linguistics Society of America
Member - The Association for Linguistics Typology

Editorial Board.

Editor - Mouton de Gruyter series Pacific Linguistics

Awards

Recognition.

1994	Frank Coaldrake Scholarship University of Sydney (Australia) 1994 Frank Coaldrake Scholarship (University of Sydney)
1993	Peter Lawrence Memorial Scholarship University of Sydney (Australia) 1993 Peter Lawrence Memorial Scholarship (University of Sydney)
1992	Peter Lawrence Memorial Scholarship University of Sydney (Australia) 1992 Peter Lawrence Memorial Scholarship (University of Sydney)
1992	Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) University of Sydney (Australia) 1992-95 Australian Postgraduate Award

The University of Newcastle, Australia