Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
My research explores language and meaning-making in interaction, with a focus on what happens when speakers from differing backgrounds (societal, cultural, linguistic) come into contact. I have a particular interest in how through such contact language meanings and social identities evolve over time.
My work falls with the “third wave” of sociolinguistics in that it brings together traditional sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology to better understand the evolution of language meanings and social identities. My approach to language study is informed by Conversation Analysis techniques, but also draws on interviews and ethnographic methods to provide a full account of how people view and use language, and assume and ascribe identities.
My particular strength may be found in multilingualism and my work across linguistic contexts, including a professional background in Persian linguistics (with the US military), and a research background in Indonesian linguistics, sign language linguistics, and a burgeoning portfolio in Australian/World Englishes.
Research area keywords
- Interactional sociolinguistics
- Conversation analysis
- Linguistic Anthropology
- Linguistics
- Indonesian language
- Sign language
- Australian English
- World Englishes
- Intercultural communication
- Language and Identity
- Language and indexicality
Network
Projects
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Metaphors and identities in the Australian vernacular
Burridge, K., Manns, H., Allan, K. & Musgrave, S.
1/02/21 → 1/02/24
Project: Research
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Deafblind communication: Building professional competencies
Willoughby, L., Manns, H., Iwasaki, S., Hlavac, J., Prain, M. & Raanes, E.
17/08/20 → 16/08/23
Project: Research
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Talking through touch: adapting sign languages for use by Deafblind people
Willoughby, L., Iwasaki, S., Manns, H., Bono, M. & McKee, D.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, National Institute of Informatics, University of Wellington
28/01/16 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Research output
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From seeing to feeling: How do deafblind people adapt visual sign languagues?
Willoughby, L., Manns, H., Iwasaki, S. & Bartlett, M., 2020, Dynamics of Language Changes: Looking Within and Across Languagues. Allan, K. (ed.). Gateway Singapore: Springer, p. 235-252 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Indonesia and Indonesian
Manns, H., 2020, Contact Talk: The Discursive Organization of Contact and Boundaries. Goebel, Z., Cole, D. & Manns, H. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 29-39 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Introducing Australian English
Willoughby, L. & Manns, H., 2020, Australian English Reimagined: Structure, Features and Developments. Willoughby, L. & Manns, H. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Lexical andmorphosyntatic variation in Australian English
Murray, L. & Manns, H., 2020, Australian English Reimagined: Features and Developments. Willoughby, L. & Manns, H. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 120-133 14 p. (Routledge Studies in World Englishes).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Revaluing and rescaling national and ethnic language booundaries in online discourse
Manns, H. & Musgrave, S., 2020, Contact Talk: The Discursive Organization of Contact and Boundaries. Goebel, Z., Cole, D. & Manns, H. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 89-107 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review