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Austronesian, Papuan, Language change, Historical linguistics, Tone, Stress, Word prosody, Comparative linguistics, Language contact
Indonesia

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Employment (4)

The Australian National University: N/A, AU

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The Australian National University

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2019-09-01 to 2024-03-01 | British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (Linguistics & English Language)
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Laura Arnold

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | Teaching Fellow (Linguistics & English Language)
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Laura Arnold

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2016-09-01 to 2018-08-31 | Teaching Fellow (Linguistics & English Language)
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Laura Arnold

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2013-09-01 to 2018-07-02 | PhD Linguistics (Linguistics & English Language)
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Laura Arnold

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2011-09-01 to 2013-02-06 | MSc by Research Linguistics (Linguistics & English Language)
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Laura Arnold

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2005-09-01 to 2009-07-03 | MA (Hons) Language Variation and Change (Linguistics & English Language)
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Laura Arnold

Professional activities (3)

The Philological Society: Oxford, GB

2019-10 | Tenth R. H. Robins Prize
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Laura Arnold

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2017-06 | PPLS-Gray postgraduate publication prize (School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences)
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Laura Arnold

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2012-07 | PPLS Best Dissertation Award (School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences)
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Laura Arnold

Funding (12)

A data collection on three undocumented Austronesian languages of Halmahera

2020-04 to 2023-08 | Grant
British Academy (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SRG1920\100342

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Laura Arnold

A data collection on four endangered Austronesian languages of Raja Ampat, east Indonesia

2020-04 to 2020-04 | Grant
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, GB)
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Laura Arnold

Synchronic and diachronic investigations in Raja Ampat-South Halmahera, a little-known subbranch of Austronesian

2019-09 to 2024-03 | Salary award
British Academy (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PF19\100004

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Laura Arnold

Travel to present at the 14th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Madagascar

2018-07 to 2018-07 | Award
The Philological Society (Oxford, GB)
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Laura Arnold

Ambel: The printing and presentation of a trilingual dictionary

2017-03 to 2018-03 | Grant
Foundation for Endangered Languages (Hungerford, GB)
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Laura Arnold

The documentation of fishing rituals and practices of the Ambel

2017-03 to 2018-03 | Grant
Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research (ME, ME, US)
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Laura Arnold

The documentation and description of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Eastern Indonesia

2016-05 to 2016-08 | Grant
College of Arts, Humanities & and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, GB)
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Laura Arnold

A data collection on Ambel, an endangered language of Eastern Indonesia

2014-09 to 2016-06 | Grant
British Academy (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SG141227

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Laura Arnold

The documentation and desccription of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Eastern Indonesia

2014-08 to 2016-08 | Grant
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (Berlin, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

IGS0241

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Laura Arnold

The documentation and desccription of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Eastern Indonesia

2013-12 to 2014-02 | Grant
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, GB)
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Laura Arnold

PhD studentship

2013-09 to 2016-08 | Salary award
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Swindon, GB)
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Laura Arnold

MSc Studentship

2011-09 to 2012-08 | Salary award
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Swindon, GB)
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Laura Arnold

Works (21)

Language as a lens into the prehistory of West New Guinea

West New Guinea: Social, Biological, and Material Histories
2025 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University

Lexical comparanda for 14 Austronesian varieties of Raja Ampat, northwest New Guinea

2024 | Artistic output or performance
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University

The languages of Halmahera and West New Guinea

The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia
2024-08-29 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold; Emily Gasser; David Kamholz
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The Australian National University
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Five Centuries of Settlement Dynamics and Mobility in the Northern Raja Ampat Islands of West Papua

The Journal of Pacific History
2024-05-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Dylan Gaffney; Daud Tanudirjo; Laura Arnold; Wolter Gaman; Tristan Russell; Erlin Djami; Abdul Macap
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The Australian National University
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Data from several Austronesian languages of Raja Ampat (As, Batta, Biga, Maˈya, Salawati)

2023 | Artistic output or performance
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University

Intrinsic fundamental frequency differences in two tonal Austronesian languages

Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
2023 | Conference paper | Author, Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold; Jiayin Gao; James Kirby
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The Australian National University

Split Inalienable Coding in linguistic Wallacea: Typology, origins, spread

STUF - Language Typology and Universals
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85173430621

Part of ISSN: 21967148 18678319
Contributors: Arnold, L.
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Laura Arnold via Scopus - Elsevier
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Split Inalienable Coding in the East Bird’s Head Family

Oceanic Linguistics
2023-12-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University
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Split Inalienable Coding in Linguistic Wallacea: Typology, origins, spread – supplemental materials

2021 | Artistic output or performance
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University

FEL grant report

2020 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University

Four undocumented languages of Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Language Documentation and Description
2020 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University
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Ambel

Journal of the International Phonetic Association
2020-12-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University
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Highs and Lows: A Previously Unattested Tone Split from Vowel Height in Metnyo Ambel

Transactions of the Philological Society
2019-10-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University
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A grammar of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Raja Ampat, west New Guinea

2018 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Laura Arnold
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Laura Arnold

A preliminary archaeology of tone in Raja Ampat

NUSA: Linguistic studies of languages in and around Indonesia
2018 | Journal article | Author, Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University

Lexical Tone in Metnyo Ambel

Oceanic Linguistics
2018 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University
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Grup Bintaki

2017 | Artistic output or performance
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Contributors: Laura Arnold; Dolvinus Aitem; Nehemia Maray; Aleksander Sosir; Yonki Maray; Anelius Maray; Yoab Saru; Sertius Saru; Danci Maray; Paulus Awom et al.
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The Australian National University

Kamus Gali Ambel ~ Gali Malay ~ Gali Inggris/Bahasa Ambel ~ Bahasa Indonesia ~ Bahasa Inggris/Ambel ~ Indonesian ~ English

2017 | Book | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold; Martinus Wakaf
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The Australian National University

The documentation of Ambel, an Austronesian language of Eastern Indonesia

2017 | Artistic output or performance
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University

Jow Ambel, Grup Nuk Ma Nik Now

2016 | Artistic output or performance
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Contributors: Laura Arnold; Obet Nego Kein; Luter Surawi; Mesak Kein; Zeth Gaman; Robert Wakaf; Regina Kein; Matius Kein
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The Australian National University

Investigations in item stability

2012 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Laura Arnold
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The Australian National University