Ghil'ad Zuckermann

Chair Prof. Dr Dr Ghil'ad Zuckermann's email addresses: [email protected]  ; [email protected]  ; [email protected]  ; [email protected]  ; [email protected] 

Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann's research interests include the following:

(1) Revivalistics, a global, comparative, trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation (e.g. Hebrew, Barngarla (Parnkalla) Aboriginal language of Eyre Peninsula (e.g. Port Lincoln, Port Augusta),South Australia; Nharangga (Nurrunga), Yorke Peninsula, South Australia; Bayoongoo (Baiyungu), Coral Bay, Western Australia), revitalization (e.g. Maori, New Zealand; Iai, Kanak, New Caledonia; Adnyamathanha, South Australia) and reinvigoration (e.g. Irish; Welsh);

(2) Hebrew (Biblical, Mishnaic, Medieval, Maskilic, Modern), Israeli language, Jewish languages, Semitic linguistics;

(3) Language in culture and society (including nationhood, religion, politics, identity), Cross-Cultural Communication, sociolinguistics, cultural contact as manifested in language;

(4) Languages/dialects and wellbeing/health (including for Indigenous and minority people);

(5) AI in the service of social good;

(6) Forensic linguistics, lexicology and corpus lexicography (including phonetics, glossolalia (speaking in tongues), trademarks, brand names and Intellectual Property - acting as Expert Witness in courts all over the globe);

(7) Contact linguistics, linguistic evolution, hybridity, multiple causation, cross-fertilization, horizontal gene transfer in languages;

(8) Lexical expansion, camouflaged borrowing (including phono-semantic matching), e.g. in Mandarin Chinese, language planning, language academies;

(9) English as the World's Language;

(10) Israel, Jewish Studies, Middle East, the language of politics and the politics of language;

(11) Historical linguistics;

(12) Alternative language teaching methods, mnemonics;

(13) Native Tongue Title (proposed compensation for language loss), language rights;

(14) Intangible cultural heritage;

(15) Internationalization of China's linguistics.

Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann's email:
[email protected]

• Wellbeing and Social Cohesion: 

Https://blogs.adelaide.edu.au/research/2018/12/19/language-reclaimed-health-regained/ 

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news89802.html 

http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2017/02/21/could-language-revival-cure-diabetes 

https://youtu.be/izVGZRqciTY 

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/research-magazine/australias-living-legends-of-research/news-story/8384e1bb6bd8f7bc966b0386a3927084  

Chair Prof. Dr Dr Ghil'ad Zuckermann's email addresses: [email protected]  ; [email protected]  ; [email protected]  ; [email protected]  ; [email protected]