Chikako Senge

PhD Candidate in Linguistics

Supervisors

• Nick Evans (The Australian National University)
• Mark Donohue (The Australian NAtional University)
• Wayan Arka (The Australian National University)
• David Nash (AIATSIS/The Australian National University)
• Patrick McConvell (The Australian National University)

Biographical Statement

I completed my undergraduate and master's studies at Tokyo Woman's Christian University with Prof. Midori Osumi. I got an interest in fieldlinguistics and exploring endangered indigenous languages, especially Oceanic languages.

Before starting my PhD at The Australian National University, I completed Graduate Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics at The University of Melbourne where I obtained further knowledge about linguistics and started working on an Australian language, Wanyjirra. I then completed my Postgraduate Subthesis "A Sketch Grammar of Wanyjirra" with Prof. Nick Evans and Dr. Rachel Nordlinger using previously recorded Wanyjirra materials which Prof. Tsunoda (Tokyo University, Japan) collected.

Research Interest

• Phonology
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Semantics
• Documentary linguistics
• Descriptive linguistics
• Australian languages

Research Papers

• Senge, Chikako (2008) A Sketch Grammar of Wanyjirra, Postgraduate Thesis, The University of Melbourne.