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Linguist: variation in language; Field linguistics, experimental approaches; morphosyntax, tone; Sino-Tibetan languages

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Employment (1)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Hong Kong, HK

2021-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Employment
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Cathryn Donohue

Education and qualifications (1)

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2004 to present | PhD in Linguistics
Education
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University of Hong Kong

Professional activities (2)

The Australian National University: Canberra, ACT, AU

2010 to present | Honorary Research Associate Professor (College Asia & Pacific)
Invited position
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Cathryn Donohue

Stanford University: Stanford, California, US

2005 | Hoefer Fund Partnership Award
Distinction
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Cathryn Donohue

Funding (15)

Case variation in Nubri and its diaspora

2022-07 to 2024-06 | Grant
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

AADO CBS-2022-002-K/RIO U-ZECP
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Cathryn Donohue

Grammatical variation in a diaspora community

2022-07 to 2024-06 | Grant
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

AADO CBS-2022-001-K/RIO U-ZECP
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Cathryn Donohue

Case variation in Nubri

2020-06 to 2024-06 | Grant
Hong Kong Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

17600020
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Cathryn Donohue

Archiving Nubri: data processing

2019-07 to 2019-10 | Grant
The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
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Cathryn Donohue

A study of case variation

2019 to 2021 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

201811159201
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Cathryn Donohue

Impact: Evidence collection

2019 to 2019 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

KE-SR-2017/30
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Cathryn Donohue

Understanding case in Bumthang

2018 to 2020 | Grant
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

17600117
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Cathryn Donohue

Medicinal practices in Nubri

2018 to 2019 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

KE-IP-2018/19-13
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Cathryn Donohue

Investigating the Nubri language

2017 to 2020 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

201611159116
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Cathryn Donohue

Documenting Hong Kong’s disappearing dialects

2016 to 2017 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
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Cathryn Donohue

A study of the Weitou dialect

2015 to 2017 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

201409176241
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Cathryn Donohue

Losing your voice: HK's disappearing dialects

2015 to 2017 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

KE-IP-2015/16-15
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Cathryn Donohue

Tanka: Exploring the Language, History and Culture

2015 to 2016 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
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Cathryn Donohue

Complex tones and register in Bumthang and Nepali

2014 to 2017 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

201404159002
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Cathryn Donohue

HKU Tone Workshop and HKU Tone Conference

2014 to 2015 | Grant
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
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Cathryn Donohue

Works (22)

Changing identity and linguistic practices in Nubri

Bordering Tibetan languages: Making and marking languages in Transnational High Asia
2022-09-01 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.5117/9789463725040_CH07
Part of ISBN: 9789048552719
Part of ISBN: 9789463725040
Contributors: Cathryn Donohue
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Cathryn Donohue

Tonal morphology in Sama Nubri

Studies in Language
2021-08-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1075/sl.19074.don
Contributors: Cathryn Donohue
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Extended ergativity in Bumthang

Himalayan Linguistics
2020-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5070/h918243953
Part of ISSN: 1544-7502
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Cathryn Donohue

The complexity of tone in Sama Nubri

Nepalese Linguistics 34
2019-11 | Journal article
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Cathryn Donohue

Case marking in Nubri

Nepalese Linguistics 33
2018-11 | Journal article
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Cathryn Donohue

Tones and vowels in Fuzhou revisited

Segmental Structure and Tone
2017 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783110341096
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Cathryn Donohue

On ergativity in Bumthang

Language 92(1)
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2016.0004
Part of ISSN: 1535-0665
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Cathryn Donohue

On variable auxiliary selection in Western Europe

Linguistic Research 32(2)
2015-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17250/KHISLI.32.2.201508.008
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Cathryn Donohue

Aspiration and F0 in Kam: Caught at the beginning?

International Conference on Phonetics of the languages in China (ICPLC- 2013)
2013 | Conference paper
Contributors: WU, M; Cathryn Donohue
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University of Hong Kong

Fuzhou tonal acoustics and tonology

2013 | Book
Contributors: Cathryn Donohue
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University of Hong Kong

The interaction of tones and vowels in Fuzhou.

BLS
2013 | Conference paper
Contributors: Cathryn Donohue
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University of Hong Kong

Many voices, many tones

Quantitative approaches to problems in linguistics
2012 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783862883844
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Cathryn Donohue

Quantitative approaches to problems in Linguistics

LINCOM
2012 | Edited book
ISBN: 9783862883844
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Cathryn Donohue

The role of contour and phonation in Fuzhou tonal identification

Quantitative approaches to problems in linguistics
2012 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783862883844
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Cathryn Donohue

Morphological case

Morphology
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s11525-011-9187-4

Part of ISSN:

1871-5621

EID:

2-s2.0-80052053509
Contributors: Cathryn Donohue; Bardal, J
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University of Hong Kong

Towards an understanding of dative objects in Basque: A logistic regression analysis

Morphology
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Cathryn Donohue
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University of Hong Kong

Pitch height vs contour in tonal perception in Fuzhou

BLS 35
2010 | Book chapter
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Cathryn Donohue

The case of possessors and ‘subjects’

Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
2010 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1075/la.167.08don
Part of ISBN: 9789027255501
Part of ISBN: 9789027287755
Part of ISSN: 0166-0829
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Cathryn Donohue

On the perception of tones in Fuzhou.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2010-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1121/1.3508879
Part of ISSN: 0001-4966
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Cathryn Donohue

Case selection Old and New Basque

Morphology and Language History
2008 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1075/cilt.298.24don
Part of ISBN: 9789027248145
Part of ISBN: 9789027290960
Part of ISSN: 0304-0763
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Cathryn Donohue

Complex predicates in Basque

On interpreting construction schemas: From action and motion to transitivity and causation
2007 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-11-020784-2
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Cathryn Donohue

Four-place predicates in Basque

CLS 39(1)
2007 | Book chapter
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Cathryn Donohue
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