About

Eleanor Yacopetti is a linguist based at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on the dynamics of spatial reference in Australian languages, and how it is related to culture, cognition, and the environment. Eleanor is a contributor to the cross-institutional OzSpace project, being responsible for data collection and analysis for the Kune sub-project. She collaborates with the Kune community in remote Arnhem Land (NT, Australia) to document the Kune language, a variety of the Bininj Kunwok language chain. Eleanor has also previously worked with the Miriwoong community in Kununurra, Western Australia, as an intern with the Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring language centre. 

Eleanor has an interest in semantic typology, particularly the semantics of space and emotion (in Australian languages). She received First Class Honours at The University of Western Australia for her investigation of the semantics of emotion nouns across Australian Indigenous languages.