Eri Kashima CV
Linguist
Eri is a descriptive sociolinguist with an interest in investigating the relationship between socio-cultural structures and linguistic structures. She has conducted fieldwork with Nmbo speakers of Papua New Guinea, a highly multilingual community of the Morehead area in the South-Fly District of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. I am currently based at the University of Helsinki as part of the Linguistic Adaptations project.
Key words: language variation and change, sociolinguistics, sociolinguistic typology, cultural evolution, areal typology, sociophonetics, language documentation, multilingualism.
Email: eri.kashima@helsinki.fi | ORCID: profile| University of Helsinki: profile | Twitter: yammering_on | Wordpress: Yammering On
Qualifications
PhD: Australian National University (Canberra, Australia - 2020)
Post-Grad. Diploma: University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia - 2013)
BA with Honours in Anthropology (Melbourne, Australia)
Publications
Kashima, Eri. (2022). Introduction to Special Section: Africanist Small-scale Multilingualism Research from a Papuanist Perspective. Nordinc Journal of African Studies, 31(1): 1-8. - [Open Access - link]
Barth, Danielle; Evans, Nicholas; Arka, I Wayan; Bergqvist, Henrik; Forker, Diana; Gipper, Sonja; Hodge, Gabrielle; Kashima, Eri; Kasuga, Yuki; Kawakami, Carine; Kimoto, Yukinori; Knuchel, Dominique; Kogura, Norikazu; Kurabe, Keita; Mansfield, John; Narrog, Heiko; Pratiwi, Desak Putu Eka; van Putten, Saskia; Senge, Chikako; Tykhostup, Olena. (2021). Language vs individuals in cross-linguistic corpus typology. Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication 25, Doing corpus-based typology with spoken language data: State of the art. Edited by Geoffrey Haig, Stefan Schnell, and Frank Seifart, pp. 179 – 232. - (link)
Kashima, Eri. (2021). The phonetics of Nmbo (Nɐmbo) with some comments on its phonology (Yam family; Morehead district). In Kate L. Lindsey & Dineke Schokkin (Eds.), Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication: Phonetic fieldwork in Southern New Guinea, 24, 53–75. - [Open Access] - (link)
Di Garbo, Francesca & Kashima, Eri & Napoleão de Souza, Ricardo & Sinnemäki, Kaius. (2021). Concepts and methods for integrating language typology and sociolinguistics. In Ballarè, Silvia & Guglielmo Inglese (eds.). 2021. Atti del Workshop SLI “Sociolinguistica e tipologia: verso un approccio integrato allo studio della variazione”. Milano: Officina 21. - (link)
Kashima, Eri. (2020). Word initial [h]-drop variation in Nmbo: Change-in-progress within an egalitarian multilingual speech community of Papua New Guinea. Asia-Pacific Language Variation, 6(2), 250–277. https://doi.org/10.1075/aplv.20002.kas
Kashima, Eri, & Meyerhoff, Miriam. (2020). Special issue Variation in the Pacific . Asia-Pacific Language Variation, 6(2), 151–159. https://doi.org/10.1075/aplv.00013.toc
Evans, Nicholas., Arka, I. Wayan., Carroll, Matthew. J., Choi, Yun Jung., Döhler, Christian., Gast, Volker., Kashima, Eri., Mittag, Emile., Olsson, Bruno., Quinn, Kyla., Schokkin, Dineke., Tama, Phillip., van Tongeren, Charlotte., Siegel, Jeff. (2018). The Languages of Southern New Guinea. In B. Palmer (Ed.), The Languages and Linguistics of New Guinea: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 640–774). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Kashima, Eri., Williams, Daniel, Ellison, T. Mark, Schokkin, Dineke, & Escudero, Paola. (2016). Uncovering the acoustic vowel space of a previously undescribed language: the vowels of Nambo. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letters, 139 (6). - (pdf)
Eri Kashima (collector), 2014; Recordings from Bevdevn (personal narratives, procedurals, opinions, traditional stories, interviews, future/irrealis narration), South-Fly District, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. (WSEK1), Digital collection managed by PARADISEC. [Open Access] DOI: 10.4225/72/56E979EC6ED65 - (link)
Editorial Work
Eri Kashima & Miriam Meyerhoff Special issue of Asia-Pacific Language Variation, 6:2 (2020) & 7:1 (2021)
Doctoral Thesis
Kashima, Eri. (2020). Language In My Mouth: Linguistic Variation in the Nmbo Speech Community of Southern New Guinea. Unpublished PhD Thesis. Australian National University
Non-Scientific
Sinnemäki, Kaius., Di Garbo, Francesca, Kashima, Eri, & Napoleão de Souza, Ricardo. (2020). Uncovering the world's linguistic diversity. EU Research, (Autumn 2020), 64-65. (link)
In-Progress
Conference Presentations
2021
Kashima, Eri. (2021) Small-scale multilingualism of Papua New Guinea: a Southern New Guinean perspective. Part of "Thematic Panel Unsettling multilingualism: insights from non-polyglossic communities around the globe" at Sociolinguistics Symposium 23 (June 10th), Online - (link to abstract)
2020
Di Garbo, Francesca & Kashima, Eri. Conceptual and methodological tools for integrating typology and sociolinguistics. At Società di Linguistica Italian Workshop Tipologia e sociolinguistica (Sept. 10th), Online
Kashima, Eri. At Australian Linguistics Society Annual Conference (Online)
2019
Kashima, Eri, K. L. Lindsey, D. Schokkin, and K. A. Strong. Variationist studies in southern New Guinea. Presented at Current Trends in Papuan Linguistics. INALCO, Paris, December 2019.
2018
Evans, Nicholas, & Ellison, T. Mark, & Kashima, Eri. Decategorialising prominence marker in Nen and Nmbo. At New Waves of Analysing Variation Asia Pacific 5 (February), Brisbane, Australia.
Evans, N., Kashima, E., Schokkin, D. Emic views on having multiple languages in Southern New Guinea: A qualitative description of stable multilingualism across generations. International Congress of Linguists (July), Cape Town, South Africa.
2017
Evans, N., Ellison, T. M., Kashima, E., Lindsey, K., Quinn, K., Schokkin, D., Siegel, S. Diachronic Typology Meets Contact Typology: A Regional Case Study from Southern New Guinea. Association of Linguistic Typology (December 2017), Canberra, Australia.
Kashima, E. The Sociolinguistics of Word Initial /h/ Lenition in Nmboland, Papua New Guinea. Workshop on the Languages of Papua (January 2017), Manokwari, Indonesia.
Selected Academic Talks
Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics 14 (June 11th 2022)
Berlin, Germany. Invited keynote speaker for Early Career Plenary talk. Conference hosted by Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft & Humboldt University
Talk Title: Language ecological approaches to New Guinean societal multilingualisms: micro- and macro- case studies
Wellsprings of Linguistic Diversity Forum Dialogues (November 2018)
Canberra, Australia. Part of Prof Nicholas Evans’s ARC Laureate Project, Wellsprings of Linguistic Diversity
Talk Title: Small, dense-multiplex networks, and multilingualism: A mixed methods investigation of language variation and change in Nmboland, Papua New Guinea
Sociolinguistic Symposium 22 (June 2018)
Auckland, New Zealand. Invited by Prof Miriam Meyerhoff (University of Auckland / Victoria University) for Long Colloquium, Sociolinguistic Variation in the Pacific.
Talk Title: Doing a Sociolinguistic Language Variation and Change Study of Nmbo, a Papuan Language
Hong Kong University (May 2015)
Hong Kong, PRC. invited by Prof Stephen Matthews.
Ellison, T. M., & Kashima, E. ,
Talk Title: Bilingualism and language divergence in small communities.
Teaching and Guest Lectures
Introduction to Linguistics (First year introductory course on the structures of languages)
The Australian National University, College of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics (Sem1 2019, 2015)
Position and responsibilities: Tutor for first year undergraduate classes (2 - 4 classes). Creation of linguistic problem data sets for assignments and final examinations.
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Hendriks
Guest Lectures
2019 Oct. 4th - Language Variation in "Indigenous Minority" Contexts (for MA programme Linguistic Diversity in the Digital Age, LDA-G3016/LDA-G503. University of Helsinki. Convenors: Dr. Maria Khachaturyan & Assoc. Prof. Kaius Sinnemäki)
2019 June - Ethics in the Field - (with Alexandra Marley for Field methods in Linguistics LING3012 & LING6009 winter term. Australian National University | Convenor: Dr. Matthew Carroll)
English Instruction
Berlitz Japan, Mizonokuchi Center, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (Feb. 2008 – Mar. 2010)
Position: English language conversation instructor
Supervisor: Ms. Johanna Muraishi
Awards
Stephen Wurm Graduate Prize for Pacific Linguistic Studies 2021
ANU Australian Postgraduate Award 2014-2018
Japanese Language Proficiency Exam Level 1 with a score of 93%
Professional Associations and Affiliations
Australian Linguistics Society (Australia) - member
Center of Excellence: Dynamics of Language (Australia) - member
Involvement in Projects
Linguistic Adaptations Project (European Research Council Laureate Project, 2019-) (link)
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts, Department of Languages
Position and Responsibilities: Postdoctoral researcher
Supevisor: Assoc. Prof. Kaius Sinnemaäki
The Wellsprings of Linguistic Diversity (Australian Research Council Laureate Project Grant No. FL130100111, 2014-2019)
Australian National University, College of Asia and the Pacific, School of Culture, History, and Language | ARC Center of Excellence of the Dynamics of Language
Position and Responsibilities: PhD candidate and fieldworker for Southern New Guinea
Supervisor: Prof. Nicholas Evans
KuWaru Child Language Acquisition Project (Oct. 2017 – Feb. 2019)
ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific, School of Culture, History, and Language
Position and Responsibilities: RA, data processing and management, metadata management.
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Rumsey
SCOPIC - Social Cognition Parallax Interview Corpus (Oct. 2016 – Aug. 2018)
Position and Responsibilities: Japanese language transcription and coder
Supervisor: Prof. Nicholas Evans, Dr. Danielle Barth
Project Details: [link]
Grambank (Dec. 2017 – Feb. 2018)
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
Position and Responsibilities: Coder of Oceanic languages for Grambank Project
Supervisor: Ms. Hedvig Skirgåd for Professor Russell Gray
Service
Editorial
Asia Pacific Language Variation Special Issue Guest Co-Editor (2020)
Conference Organising
Workshop Organising
Conference Volunteering
24th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (Australian National University, 2019 July 1-5) (Supervisors: Dr. Bethwyn Evans, Dr. Jennifer Hendriks, Ms. Kristina Gallego)