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Personal profile
Biography
My main research focus is historical and comparative linguistics and how language can be a window on the linguistic and non-linguistic past. I am particularly interested in the ways in which historical linguistics, in conjunction with other dsiciplines, such as archaeology and anthropology and genetics, can shed light on the past of particular ethnolinguistic groups, as well as on general processes and mechanisms of linguistic and social continuity and change.
My current research focuses particularly on the histories of linguistic diversification and contact among Austronesian- and Papuan-speaking groups of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and the western Solomon Islands.
Qualifications
BA (Hons), PhD (ANU)
Research interests
Historical and comparative linguistics, contact linguistics, Austronesian and Papuan languages, language documentation and description
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Editor's introduction: Foundations of the new historical linguistics
Bowern, C. & Evans, B., 2015, The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics. C. B. A. B. E. (ed.). 1st ed. Abingdon, UK and New York, USA: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 1. p. 1-42Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Maternal history of oceania from complete mtDNA genomes: Contrasting ancient diversity with recent homogenization due to the Austronesian expansion
Duggan, A. T., Evans, B., Friedlaender, F. R., Friedlaender, J. S., Koki, G., Merriwether, D. A., Kayser, M. & Stoneking, M., 1 May 2014, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 94, 5, p. 721-733 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access50 Citations (Scopus) -
The routledge handbook of historical linguistics
Bowern, C. & Evans, B., 1 Jan 2014, The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics. Taylor and Francis, p. 1-43 43 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript › peer-review
17 Citations (Scopus) -
Contact-induced change in southern Bougainville
Evans, B. & Palmer, B., 2011, In: Oceanic Linguistics. 50, 2, p. 483-523 41 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus) -
Proto Oceanic *akin[i]: reconstructing change in progress
Evans, B., 2010, A journey through Austronesian and Papuan linguistic and cultural space: Papers in honour of Andrew Pawley. J. B. N. P. H. . M. R. (ed.). 1st ed. Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Vol. 1. p. 179-196Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Modelling Pacific Creole Languages
Evans, N., Barth, D., Evans, B. & Thieberger, N. A.
28/02/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Evolution of Cultural Diversity - Initiative (ECDI)
Evans, N., Ballard, C., Evans, B., Frieman, C., Haberle, S., Kidd, E., O'Shannessy, C. & Sterelny, K.
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Where Does Grammar Come From The Cognitive Basis of Transitivity and Grammatical Relations
1/08/18 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Clan and kin among the Nagovisi of southern Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
1/11/14 → 1/06/17
Project: Research
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ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL)
Evans, N., Angwin, A., Bishop, J., Christiansen, M., Corbett, G. G., Cutler, A., Escudero, P., Evans, B., Fletcher, J., Gray, R. D., Jones, C., Kidd, E., Levinson, S. C., Lieven, E., Matthews, S., Meakins, F., Meyerhoff, M., Ng, B. C., Nordlinger, R., Rowland, C., Rumsey, A., Simpson, J., Sterelny, K., Thieberger, N. A., Torres Cacoullos, R., Travis, C., Wigglesworth, G., Wiles, J. & Yip, V.
15/08/14 → 31/12/22
Project: Research