Cassandra Algy

List of John Benjamins publications for which Cassandra Algy plays a role.

Articles

Sloan, Bodean, Felicity Meakins and Cassandra Algy 2022 Intergenerational changes in Gurindji Kriol: Comparing apparent-time and real-time dataAsia-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
Dunn, Vivien, Felicity Meakins and Cassandra Algy 2021 Acquisition or shift? Interpreting variation in Gurindji children’s expression of spatial relationsVariation 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
Bos, Jackie van den, Felicity Meakins and Cassandra Algy 2017 Searching for “Agent Zero”: The origins of a relative case systemLanguage 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