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BA, MA (Auckland), PhD (La Trobe)

Emailsimon.overall@otago.ac.nzSimonOverall
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Teaching

Research

My research interests have two main threads. Firstly, Amazonian languages, in particular those of northwest Peru, and their historical connections with other Amazonian and Andean languages. Secondly, my work in grammatical description relates to larger concerns with how individual and cultural knowledge are expressed through language, and what are the interpersonal and cultural factors that interact with diachronic processes of language change.

I have extensive fieldwork experience with Aguaruna (known to its speakers as Iiniá Chicham), a language in the small Chicham family (formerly known as Jivaroan), spoken by about 55,000 people in Peru's Amazonas and Loreto regions; and Kandozi-Chapra (Candoshi-Shapra), an isolate spoken on the Morona and Pastaza rivers in Loreto, Peru.

Publications

Overall, S. (2024). Kandozi-Chapra. In R. Zariquiey, P. Valenzuela, J. Peña & G. García (Eds.), Enciclopedia de las lenguas Indígenas u originarias del Perú en el Bicentenario [Encyclopedia of Indigenous or original languages of Peru in the Bicentennial] (Vol. 1). (pp. 265-286). Lima, Perú: Ministerio de Cultura / Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry]. Chapter in Book - Research

Overall, S. (2023, November). Clause chaining and subordination in Aguaruna (Chicham). Verbal presentation at the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand: Language & Society (LangSoc), Auckland, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Overall, S. E. (2023). Reflexive and reciprocal constructions in Aguaruna. In K. Janic, N. Puddu & M. Haspelmath (Eds.), Reflexive constructions in the world's languages. (pp. 725-745). Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7861660 Chapter in Book - Research

Overall, S. (2023). Kandozi-Chapra. In P. Epps & L. Michael (Eds.), Amazonian languages: An international handbook: Language isolates I: Aikanã to Kandozi-Shapra (Vol. 1). (pp. 615-657). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: 10.1515/9783110419405-013 Chapter in Book - Research

Overall, S. E. (2022). What is and what isn't a frustrative? Defining and applying a comparative concept. Proccedings of the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand: Language & Society (LangSoc). (pp. 49-50). Retrieved from https://nzlingsoc.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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