Welcome! I am a retired Linguistics researcher living in London and this is my personal homepage where you can find information and news about what I am currently working on, as well as links to download materials, and access blogs and a podcast that I contribute to. You can message me through the form on the Contact page.

News:
(1) 2026-05-29 redesigned this home page to make information clearer and to add a new section on "Projects of the Month";
(2) 2026-05-16 updated Malyangapa project page;
(3) 2026-05-15 the user friendly edition of the Reuther Diyari-English dictionary is back online at this new address;
(4) 2026-05-01 added paper on "Here and there in Sasak, eastern Indonesia" to unpublished papers;
(5) 2026-05-01 added slides for my presentation on "Planting linguistic legacy materials: some cross-disciplinary possibilities" to 2026 talks.

Projects of the Month
I am currently working on several research projects (see list here), mostly in collaboration with local community members. Every two weeks, I will feature a different project here, changing the content twice a month, so please check back regularly to see the latest updates.

June 2026 -- Malyangapa Project
The Malyangapa language was traditionally spoken in far western New South Wales, with its centre at Milparinka. Today, there are very few people with knowledge of the language. I am working on notes and recordings collected in 1957 by Stephen Wurm to prepare a Dictionary and Learner's Guide, in collaboration with the Malyangapa community. Read more about this project here.

Other activities:

1. Publishing -- I publish articles about my research in books and journals. My most recently completed article is "Here and there in Sasak, eastern Indonesia" (available here). You can download PDFs of my publications, presentations, and draft papers that are not yet published.
2. Training -- I deliver seminars and participate in summer schools on the theory and practice of language documentation, language description, sociolinguistics, language policy, and language revitalisation. I emphasise practical skills and group-based hands-on project work. This year I will be participating in LDSS-2026 at L'Orientale University in Naples from 21st to 25th September -- more information will be available here soon.
3. Podcast -- I publish podcasts in and about the Diyari (Dieri) language, spoken in South Australia. You can listen to episodes. If you have the Spotify app on your phone, mobile device, or computer search for Diyari Yawarra and click Follow to listen and get regular updates as new episodes are published.
4. Editing -- I am co-editor with David Nathan of EL Publishing, an online platform that publishes quality peer-reviewed open access eBooks and multimedia on documentation, description, and support of endangered and minoritised languages. We publish on the theory and practice of language documentation, language description, sociolinguistics, language policy, and language revitalisation. All publications are double-blind peer reviewed, and are free to download under a Creative Commons licence. Find out more here. [Note: the journal Language Documentation and Description which I edited from 2003 to 2023 is now hosted by Aperio at the University of Virginia.]
5. Blogging -- I am co-author with David Nathan of EL Blog, which provides a place for challenge and debate around topics having to do with endangered languages and language documentation, description and support. It includes updates on our publications work and other activities. You can find out more about this and other blogs that I contribute to here.
6. Public outreach -- I strongly believe in communicating academic research results to the general public through books, exhibitions, activities, interviews, and public lectures or seminars. You can learn more about things I have been involved in here.