The University of Queensland

Linguistic structures in social interaction: moving temporality to the forefront of a science of language*

Mushin, Ilana and Doehler, Simona Pekarek (2021). Linguistic structures in social interaction: moving temporality to the forefront of a science of language*. Interactional Linguistics, 1 (1), 2-32. doi: 10.1075/il.21008.mus

Preparing for task: linguistic formats for procedural instructions in early years schooling

Mushin, Ilana, Gardner, Rod and Gourlay, Claire (2019). Preparing for task: linguistic formats for procedural instructions in early years schooling. Linguistics and Education, 54 100749, 100749. doi: 10.1016/j.linged.2019.100749

Tools of engagement: selecting a next speaker in Australian Aboriginal multiparty conversations

Blythe, Joe, Gardner, Rod, Mushin, Ilana and Stirling, Lesley (2018). Tools of engagement: selecting a next speaker in Australian Aboriginal multiparty conversations. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 51 (2), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/08351813.2018.1449441

Rethinking Australian Aboriginal English-based speech varieties: evidence from Woorabinda

Munro, Jennifer and Mushin, Ilana (2016). Rethinking Australian Aboriginal English-based speech varieties: evidence from Woorabinda. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 31 (1), 82-112. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.31.1

Same but different: understanding language contact in Queensland Indigenous settlements

Mushin, Ilana, Angelo, Denise and Munro, Jennifer M. (2016). Same but different: understanding language contact in Queensland Indigenous settlements. Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. (pp. 383-408) edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Diane Hafner. Philadelphia, PA, United States: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/clu.18.18mus

Expanded transition spaces: the case of Garrwa

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2015). Expanded transition spaces: the case of Garrwa. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (MAR) 00251, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00251

Making knowledge visible in discourse: implications for the study of linguistic evidentiality

Mushin, Ilana (2013). Making knowledge visible in discourse: implications for the study of linguistic evidentiality. Discourse Studies, 15 (5), 627-645. doi: 10.1177/1461445613501447

"Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation

Mushin, Ilana (2012). "Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation. Pragmatics and Society, 3 (2), 270-293. doi: 10.1075/ps.3.2.07mus

A grammar of (Western) Garrwa

Mushin, Ilana (2012). A grammar of (Western) Garrwa. Boston, MA , United States: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: 10.1515/9781614512417

Silence is talk: Conversational silence in Australian Aboriginal talk-in-interaction

Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2009). Silence is talk: Conversational silence in Australian Aboriginal talk-in-interaction. Journal of Pragmatics, 41 (10), 2033-2052. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.11.004

Free to bound to free? Interactions between pragmatics and syntax in the development of Australian pronominal systems

Mushin, Ilana and Simpson, Jane (2008). Free to bound to free? Interactions between pragmatics and syntax in the development of Australian pronominal systems. Language, 84 (3), 566-596. doi: 10.1353/lan.0.0048

Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling

Mushin, Ilana Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling 87 ed. Edited by Jucker, Andreas Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing company, 2001.

Effective task instruction in the first year of school: what teachers and children do

Mushin, Ilana, Gardner, Rod and Gourlay, Claire (2022). Effective task instruction in the first year of school: what teachers and children do. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780367809379

Garrwa, Gunindirri and Gudanji Plants and Animals: Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge from the Gulf of Carpentaria, North Australia

McDinny, Dinny, Rory, Don, Rory, Eileen, Shadforth, Kathleen, George, Doreen, Dixon, Thelma, Dixon, Roy, Dixon, Lena , Keighran, Marjorie, Mawson, Peggy, Baker, Katie, Mawson, Daphne, Charlie, Miriam, Godfrey, Hazel, Simon, Shirley , Baker, Alan, Kidd, William, Noble, Muldoon, McDinny, Linda, Rogers, Alan, Mushin, Ilana, Stuckey, Ben and Wightman, Glenn (2021). Garrwa, Gunindirri and Gudanji Plants and Animals: Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge from the Gulf of Carpentaria, North Australia. Borroloola, NT Australia: Northern Territory Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security.

A grammar of (Western) Garrwa

Mushin, Ilana (2012). A grammar of (Western) Garrwa. Boston, MA , United States: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: 10.1515/9781614512417

Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling

Mushin, Ilana Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling 87 ed. Edited by Jucker, Andreas Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing company, 2001.

Children as Citizens of a Global Society

Theobald, Maryanne, Busch, Gillian, Mushin, Ilana, O’Gorman, Lyndal, Nielson, Cathy, Radanovic, Shelley, Briant, Elizabeth, Curtis, Lisa, Mirah, Erin, Rana, Louise, Moore, Tyler and Danby, Susan (2023). Children as Citizens of a Global Society. International Perspectives on Educating for Democracy in Early Childhood. (pp. 297-320) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003229568-23

Dis, that and da other: variation in Aboriginal children's article and demonstrative use at school

Fraser, Henry, Mushin, Ilana, Meakins, Felicity and Gardner, Rod (2018). Dis, that and da other: variation in Aboriginal children's article and demonstrative use at school. Language practices of Indigenous children and youth: the transition from home to school. (pp. 237-269) edited by Gillian Wigglesworth, Jane Simpson and Jill Vaughan. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-60120-9_10

Diverging from 'business as usual': turn-initial ngala in Garrwa conversation

Mushin, Ilana (2018). Diverging from 'business as usual': turn-initial ngala in Garrwa conversation. Between Turn and Sequence Turn-initial particles across languages. (pp. 119-153) edited by John Heritage and Marja-Leena Sorjonen. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/slsi.31.05mus

Epistemic trajectories in the classroom: how children respond in informing sequences

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2017). Epistemic trajectories in the classroom: how children respond in informing sequences. Children's knowledge-in-interaction: studies in conversation analysis. (pp. 13-36) edited by Amanda Bateman and Amelia Church. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-1703-2_2

Establishing connections: a tale of two communities

Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2016). Establishing connections: a tale of two communities. Doing research within communities: stories and lessons from language and education field research. (pp. 105-114) edited by Kerry Taylor-Leech and Donna Starks. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315628875-12

Identifying the grammars of Queensland ex-government Reserves: the case of Woorie Talk

Mushin, Ilana and Watts, Janet (2016). Identifying the grammars of Queensland ex-government Reserves: the case of Woorie Talk. Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonisation. (pp. 57-85) edited by Felicity Meakins and Carmel O'Shannessy. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton.

Same but different: understanding language contact in Queensland Indigenous settlements

Mushin, Ilana, Angelo, Denise and Munro, Jennifer M. (2016). Same but different: understanding language contact in Queensland Indigenous settlements. Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. (pp. 383-408) edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Diane Hafner. Philadelphia, PA, United States: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/clu.18.18mus

The impact of interaction and language on leading learning in Indigenous classrooms

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2016). The impact of interaction and language on leading learning in Indigenous classrooms. Leadership in diverse learning contexts. (pp. 289-309) edited by Johnson, Greer and Dempster, Neil. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28302-9_15

"Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation

Mushin, Ilana (2014). "Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation. Evidentiality in Interaction. (pp. 103-126) edited by Janis Nuckolls and Lev Michael. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing. doi: 10.1075/bct.63.07mus

Liminal pronoun systems: evidence from Garrwa

Mushin, Ilana (2014). Liminal pronoun systems: evidence from Garrwa. Language description informed by theory. (pp. 99-122) edited by Rob Pensalfini, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing. doi: 10.1075/slcs.147.06mus

Language for learning in indigenous classrooms: foundations for literacy and numeracy

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2013). Language for learning in indigenous classrooms: foundations for literacy and numeracy. Pedagogies to enhance learning for indigenous students: evidence-based practice. (pp. 89-104) edited by Robyn Jorgensen, Peter Grootenboer and Peter Sullivan. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-4021-84-5_6

Turn management in Garrwa mixed-language conversations

Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2011). Turn management in Garrwa mixed-language conversations. Indigenous language and social identity: Papers in honour of Michael Walsh. (pp. 207-221) edited by Brett Baker, Ilana Mushin, Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Pacific Linguistics.

Clause-initial position in four Australian languages

Simpson, Jane and Mushin, Ilana (2008). Clause-initial position in four Australian languages. Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages. (pp. 25-57) edited by Mushin, Ilana and Baker, Brett. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Discourse and grammar in Australian languages

Baker, Brett and Mushin, Ilana (2008). Discourse and grammar in Australian languages. Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages. (pp. 1-23) edited by Mushin, Ilana and Baker, Brett. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Diverging paths: Variation in Garrwa tense/aspect clitic placement

Mushin, Ilana (2008). Diverging paths: Variation in Garrwa tense/aspect clitic placement. Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages. (pp. 87-109) edited by Mushin, Ilana and Baker, Brett. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Remembering another's experience: Epistemological stance and evaluation in narrative retelling

Mushin, I (2006). Remembering another's experience: Epistemological stance and evaluation in narrative retelling. Language and Memory: Aspects of Knowledge Representation. (pp. 387-408) edited by H. Pishwa. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

Locational pointing in Murrinhpatha, Gija, and English conversations

de Dear, Caroline, Blythe, Joe, Possemato, Francesco, Stirling, Lesley, Gardner, Rod, Mushin, Ilana and Kofod, Frances (2022). Locational pointing in Murrinhpatha, Gija, and English conversations. Gesture, 20 (3), 417-452. doi: 10.1075/gest.20035.dea

Understanding equivocal feedback in PhD supervision meetings: a conversation analysis approach

Nguyen, Ngoc Thi Bich and Mushin, Ilana (2022). Understanding equivocal feedback in PhD supervision meetings: a conversation analysis approach. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2022.2068348

Editorial: Turn design and epistemic management in small communities

Mushin, Ilana (2022). Editorial: Turn design and epistemic management in small communities. Journal of Pragmatics, 193, 21-26. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2022.03.007

The epistemics of social relations in Murrinhpatha, Garrwa and Jaru conversations

Blythe, Joe, Mushin, Ilana, Stirling, Lesley and Gardner, Rod (2022). The epistemics of social relations in Murrinhpatha, Garrwa and Jaru conversations. Journal of Pragmatics, 191, 175-193. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2022.01.006

On the road again: displaying knowledge of place in multiparty conversations in the remote Australian outback

Stirling, Lesley, Gardner, Rod, Mushin, Ilana, Blythe, Joe and Possemato, Francesco (2022). On the road again: displaying knowledge of place in multiparty conversations in the remote Australian outback. Journal of Pragmatics, 187, 90-114. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.10.026

Linguistic structures in social interaction: moving temporality to the forefront of a science of language*

Mushin, Ilana and Doehler, Simona Pekarek (2021). Linguistic structures in social interaction: moving temporality to the forefront of a science of language*. Interactional Linguistics, 1 (1), 2-32. doi: 10.1075/il.21008.mus

Young children’s responses to teachers’ metacognitive questions

Gourlay, Claire, Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2020). Young children’s responses to teachers’ metacognitive questions. International Journal of Early Years Education, 29 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/09669760.2020.1742671

Preparing for task: linguistic formats for procedural instructions in early years schooling

Mushin, Ilana, Gardner, Rod and Gourlay, Claire (2019). Preparing for task: linguistic formats for procedural instructions in early years schooling. Linguistics and Education, 54 100749, 100749. doi: 10.1016/j.linged.2019.100749

A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups

Wilks, Matti, Redshaw, Jonathan, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2019). A cross-cultural investigation of children’s willingness to imitate prosocial and antisocial groups. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 185, 164-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.04.018

Tools of engagement: selecting a next speaker in Australian Aboriginal multiparty conversations

Blythe, Joe, Gardner, Rod, Mushin, Ilana and Stirling, Lesley (2018). Tools of engagement: selecting a next speaker in Australian Aboriginal multiparty conversations. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 51 (2), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/08351813.2018.1449441

Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities

Redshaw, Jonathan, Suddendorf, Thomas, Neldner, Karri, Wilks, Matti, Tomaselli, Keyan, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2018). Young children from three diverse cultures spontaneously and consistently prepare for alternative future possibilities. Child Development, 90 (1), 51-61. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13084

Young children's tool innovation across culture: Affordance visibility matters

Neldner, Karri, Mushin, Ilana and Nielsen, Mark (2017). Young children's tool innovation across culture: Affordance visibility matters. Cognition, 168, 335-343. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.07.015

Da Symbol Dat Under da Stuffs: teaching the language of maths to Aboriginal learners of standard Australian English as a second dialect

Watts, Janet, Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2017). Da Symbol Dat Under da Stuffs: teaching the language of maths to Aboriginal learners of standard Australian English as a second dialect. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 48 (01), 1-13. doi: 10.1017/jie.2017.29

Imitation, collaboration, and their interaction among Western and Indigenous Australian preschool children

Nielsen, Mark, Mushin, Ilana, Tomaselli, Keyan and Whiten, Andrew (2016). Imitation, collaboration, and their interaction among Western and Indigenous Australian preschool children. Child Development, 87 (3), 795-806. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12504

Rethinking Australian Aboriginal English-based speech varieties: evidence from Woorabinda

Munro, Jennifer and Mushin, Ilana (2016). Rethinking Australian Aboriginal English-based speech varieties: evidence from Woorabinda. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 31 (1), 82-112. doi: 10.1075/jpcl.31.1

Linguistic cues for recipient design in an Indigenous Australian conversational narrative

Mushin, Ilana (2016). Linguistic cues for recipient design in an Indigenous Australian conversational narrative. Narrative Inquiry, 26 (2), 217-256. doi: 10.1075/ni.26.2.03mus

Expanded transition spaces: the case of Garrwa

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2015). Expanded transition spaces: the case of Garrwa. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (MAR) 00251, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00251

'Up dere la': final particle la in a Queensland Aboriginal vernacular

Gourlay, Claire and Mushin, Ilana (2015). 'Up dere la': final particle la in a Queensland Aboriginal vernacular. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 35 (1), 76-101. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2015.976902

Exploring tool innovation: a comparison of Western and Bushman children

Nielsen, Mark, Tomaselli, Keyan, Mushin, Ilana and Whiten, Andrew (2014). Exploring tool innovation: a comparison of Western and Bushman children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 126, 384-394. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.05.008

Where culture takes hold: "overimitation" and its flexible deployment in Western, Aboriginal, and Bushmen children

Nielsen, Mark, Mushin, Ilana, Tomaselli, Keyan and Whiten, Andrew (2014). Where culture takes hold: "overimitation" and its flexible deployment in Western, Aboriginal, and Bushmen children. Child Development, 85 (6), 2169-2184. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12265

Making knowledge visible in discourse: implications for the study of linguistic evidentiality

Mushin, Ilana (2013). Making knowledge visible in discourse: implications for the study of linguistic evidentiality. Discourse Studies, 15 (5), 627-645. doi: 10.1177/1461445613501447

Language matters in demonstrations of understanding in early years mathematics assessment

Mushin, Ilana, Gardner, Rod and Munro, Jennifer M. (2013). Language matters in demonstrations of understanding in early years mathematics assessment. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 25 (2), 415-433. doi: 10.1007/s13394-013-0077-4

Teachers telling: informings in an early years classroom

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2013). Teachers telling: informings in an early years classroom. Australian Journal of Communication, 40 (2), 63-81.

"Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation

Mushin, Ilana (2012). "Watching for witness": evidential strategies and epistemic authority in Garrwa conversation. Pragmatics and Society, 3 (2), 270-293. doi: 10.1075/ps.3.2.07mus

Code-switching as an interactional resource in Garrwa/Kriol talk-in-interaction

Mushin, Ilana (2010). Code-switching as an interactional resource in Garrwa/Kriol talk-in-interaction. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 30 (4), 471-496. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2010.518556

An Introduction to 'Studies in Australian Indigenous Conversation'

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2010). An Introduction to 'Studies in Australian Indigenous Conversation'. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 30 (4), 393-396. doi: 10.1080/07268602.2010.518552

Silence is talk: Conversational silence in Australian Aboriginal talk-in-interaction

Mushin, Ilana and Gardner, Rod (2009). Silence is talk: Conversational silence in Australian Aboriginal talk-in-interaction. Journal of Pragmatics, 41 (10), 2033-2052. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.11.004

The underlying orderliness of turn-taking: Examples from Australian talk

Gardner, Rod, Fitzgerald, Richard and Mushin, Ilana (2009). The underlying orderliness of turn-taking: Examples from Australian talk. Australian Journal of Communication, 36 (3), 65-90.

Free to bound to free? Interactions between pragmatics and syntax in the development of Australian pronominal systems

Mushin, Ilana and Simpson, Jane (2008). Free to bound to free? Interactions between pragmatics and syntax in the development of Australian pronominal systems. Language, 84 (3), 566-596. doi: 10.1353/lan.0.0048

Post-start-up overlap and disattentiveness in talk in a Garrwa community

Gardner, R. and Mushin, I. (2007). Post-start-up overlap and disattentiveness in talk in a Garrwa community. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 30 (3), 35.1-35.14. doi: 10.2104/aral0735

Review of: Epistemic stance in English conversation: A description of its interactional functions, with a focus on I think By Elise Kärkkäinen

Mushin, Ilana (2006). Review of: Epistemic stance in English conversation: A description of its interactional functions, with a focus on I think By Elise Kärkkäinen. Discourse Studies, 8 (3), 463-464. doi: 10.1177/146144560600800306

Motivations for second position: Evidence from North-Central Australia

Mushin, Ilana (2006). Motivations for second position: Evidence from North-Central Australia. Linguistic Typology, 10 (3), 287-326. doi: 10.1515/LINGTY.2006.010

Narrative Functions of Clause Linkage in Garrwa: a perpective analysis

Mushin, I. (2005). Narrative Functions of Clause Linkage in Garrwa: a perpective analysis. Studies in Language, 29 (1), 1-33. doi: 10.1075/sl.29.1.02mus

Word order pragmatics and narrative functions in Garrwa

Mushin, Ilana (2005). Word order pragmatics and narrative functions in Garrwa. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 25 (2), 253-273. doi: 10.1080/07268600500233027

Teachers telling students: informings in an Indigenous classroom

Gardner, Rod and Mushin, Ilana (2012). Teachers telling students: informings in an Indigenous classroom. AIEMCA 2012 Biennial Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 29-30 November 2012.

Selected papers from the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society

Ilana Mushin and Mary Laughren eds. (2007). Selected papers from the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society. 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society, St Lucia, Australia, 7-9 July 2006.

Indigenous voices of Queensland

Round, Erich, Mushin, Ilana, Alvey, Elizabeth, Yu, Fei and Hornsby, Eric (2015). Indigenous voices of Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.