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Curriculum Vitae

 
Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Belfortstraße 18

79085 Freiburg im Breisgau
Germany

E-Mail: kirsten.culhane(at)linguistik.uni-freiburg.de

Education

since 07/2019   Doctor of Philosophy (Linguistics)
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Thesis title: The prosodic foot: A typological study of Greater Timor languages
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Uta Reinöhl and Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Himmelmann (Universität zu Köln)
2018 Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
The Australian National University
Thesis title: Amfo’an consonant insertions: A synchronic and diachronic account
Supervisor: Bethwyn Evans
2013-2016 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Visual Arts
The Australian National University
  • Majors: Linguistics, Print media and Drawing
    Minors: Indonesian, Art theory
  • Included in country Indonesian study at Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana – Salatiga GPA 6.4
    Supervisor: Professor Jane Simpson

Employment

since 07/2019          

Mitarbeiterin im wissenschaftlichen Dienst
Emmy Noether research group "Non-hierarchicality in grammar. Construction formation without word class distinction across categories and languages."
Supervised by Prof. Dr. Uta Reinöhl
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, formerly Johannes-Gutenberg- Universität Mainz

Research Assistantships, Internships and Scholarships

03/2019 - 05/2019                                                  

The University of Melbourne, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
In this role, I assisted in processing ELAN files and managing metadata for a corpus of Pitjantjatjara child language.
Supervised by Rebecca Defina

11/2018 - 01/2019

ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (ANU): Summer scholar.
This project was a study of the morphophonology of contemporary Warlpiri, with a focus on how the morphophonology of Warlpiri is changing in contact with English.
Supervised by Dr. Carmel O'Shannessy.

01/2017 - 12/2017

Unit Bahasa dan Budaya (Language and Culture Unit, Kupang).
The focus of role was to produce an electronic corpus of Amfo’an, an undocumented Austronesian language of Western Timor. Amfo’an is a morphologically complex language with several typologically uncommon features such as morphological metathesis. This role included collecting, transcribing, glossing, translating and analysing spoken texts. In this role, I also conducted an extensive survey of the Amfo’an area to determine dialectal variation and worked with members of the community to produce literacy recourses in Amfo’an.
Supervised by Dr. Chuck Grimes

12/2016

Language Intelligence
In this role, I compiled a text data base of languages of Indonesia.
Supervised by Dr. Paul Sidwell and Dr. Mark Donohue

Other Employment

02/2018 - 11/2018 Big Improvements TutoringTutor, Manager
07/2016 - 12/2016 Questacon, The Department of Industry and Science, Questacon Assistant
09/2015 - 07/2016 Questacon, The Department of Industry and Science, Gallery Assistant
06/2015 - 12/2016 Fenner Hall, The Australian National UniversitySenior resident
02/2015 - 12/2015 Big Improvements TutoringTutor
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