Ilana Mushin

I am a linguist whose research interests include: interactions between discourse, cognition and grammar, pragmatics, perspective-taking in discourse, Conversation Analysis, typology, narrative structure, language shift and language maintenance, Australian First Nations Languages. I am currently a Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery Project 'Conversational interaction in Aboriginal and Remote Australia' (CIARA - https://www.ciaraproject.com). Author of: - Articles on interactions between discourse and grammar in Garrwa and other Australian First Nations Languages, including A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa. Mouton De Gruyter. 2012 - Publications on epistemics and evidential pragmatics, including Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance: Narrative Retelling. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 2001 - Publications on Aboriginal English in Queensland Aboriginal Communities - Publications on classroom interaction in Early Years and First Nations schooling. Editor of: - Interactional Linguistics (Journal co-edited with Prof. Simona Pekarek Doehler, https://benjamins.com/catalog/il) - Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages (With Brett Baker, Amsterdam: John Benjamins 2008) - Indigenous Language and Social Identity (With Brett Baker, Mark Harvey and Rod Gardner, Canberra:Pacific Linguistics, 2011) interactions between discourse, cognition and grammar, pragmatics, perspective-taking in discourse, Conversation Analysis, typology, narrative structure, language shift and language maintenance, Australian First Nations Languages

[2026] Journal Article: Principles and practices of communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples accessing mental health services: a systematic review. Roman, Johannah, Na Hoberg, Hana Li, Ekberg, Stuart, Rogers, Julie, Combo, Michelle, Henaway, Christopher, Mushin, Ilana, Meuter, Renata, Burke, Kylie, Spinks, Jean, Bernardes, Christina M., Alchin, Danielle, Surijah, Edwin A. and Farag, Ireni (2026). First Nations Health and Wellbeing, The Lowitja Journal, 4 100119, 1-30. doi: 10.1016/j.fnhli.2026.100119 [2025] Book Chapter: Dismembering gender: noun borrowing between Garrwa and Yanyuwa. Gill, Rob, Meakins, Felicity and Mushin, Ilana (2025). Projecting voices: studies in language and linguistics in honour of Jane Simpson. (pp. 683-728) Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Pres