Cassandra Algy
List of John Benjamins publications in which Cassandra Algy is involved.
Articles
2022 Intergenerational changes in Gurindji Kriol: Comparing apparent-time and real-time data Asia-Pacific Language Variation 8:1, pp. 1–31 | Article
This paper explores intergenerational changes in Gurindji Kriol, in order to determine whether differences between adults and children are the result of an abrupt generational shift or an extended acquisition process. We analyse the production of Gurindji in the speech of five age groups of… read more
2021 Acquisition or shift? Interpreting variation in Gurindji children’s expression of spatial relations Variation Rolls the Dice: A worldwide collage in honour of Salikoko S. Mufwene, Aboh, Enoch O. and Cécile B. Vigouroux (eds.), pp. 105–131 | Chapter
This chapter examines the spatial description system employed by Gurindji children in Kalkaringi (Northern Territory, Australia) to describe ternary relations in small-scale space. While Gurindji is the traditional language of Kalkaringi, a new variety, Gurindji Kriol, has developed as a result… read more
2017 Searching for “Agent Zero”: The origins of a relative case system Language Ecology 1:1, pp. 4–24 | Article
Gurindji Kriol, a mixed language spoken in northern Australia, combines a Kriol VP with a Gurindji NP, including case suffixes (Meakins 2011a). The Gurindji-derived case suffixes have undergone a number of changes in Gurindji Kriol, for example the ergative suffix -ngku/-tu now marks nominative… read more