Projects per year
Project Details
Fund Amount (RMB)
485759
Description
CAVALLARO, Francesco Paolo (Principal Investigator - PI), and
František KRATOCHVÍL (Co-Principal Investigator - Co-PI), Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO (Co-Principal Investigator - Co-PI), Astrid KENSINGER (Co-Principal Investigator - Co-PI), Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) AcRF Tier 1 Research Grant (Grant Number RG56/14), "Toponymy and Language Shift: Aspects of Language Change in South-East Asia", 2014-2017
The Project aimed at applying criteria from Indo-European Linguistics to undocumented Papuan linguistic contexts from the Alor-Pantar Archipelago, in Southeast Indonesia, trying to reconstruct local toponymy, oral traditions, grammatical change, sound changes, and etymologies.
František KRATOCHVÍL (Co-Principal Investigator - Co-PI), Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO (Co-Principal Investigator - Co-PI), Astrid KENSINGER (Co-Principal Investigator - Co-PI), Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) AcRF Tier 1 Research Grant (Grant Number RG56/14), "Toponymy and Language Shift: Aspects of Language Change in South-East Asia", 2014-2017
The Project aimed at applying criteria from Indo-European Linguistics to undocumented Papuan linguistic contexts from the Alor-Pantar Archipelago, in Southeast Indonesia, trying to reconstruct local toponymy, oral traditions, grammatical change, sound changes, and etymologies.
Key findings
The Project reconstructed sistematically the Abui Toponymy from Alor Island; a connection between naming processes and grammatical change phenomena in Abui was documented and validated.
| Project Category | Research Grant |
|---|---|
| Status | Finished |
| Effective start/end date | 6/01/14 → 31/12/17 |
Keywords
- Language Documentation
- Field Linguistics
- Cultural Anthropology
- Etymology
- Historical Linguistics
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Mapping the Languages of Indigenous Clans in the Eastern Spice Islands
1/04/24 → 30/11/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Place Names and Cultural Identity: Toponyms and Their Diachronic Evolution among the Kula People from Alor Island
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Polyglot Medical Heritage in Maritime Southeast Asia: Foundational Resources and Digital Tools
STANLEY-BAKER, M., PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. & ZAKARIA, F.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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Lamòling Bèaka: Immanence, Rituals, and Sacred Objects in an Unwritten Legend in Alor
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. & CAVALLARO, F. P., 23 Apr 2019, Religion, Ritual, and Ritualistic Objects. Nugteren, A. (ed.). 1 ed. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI (Basel, Switzerland) , Vol. 1. p. 47-61 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Open Access -
The Abui Botanical Corpus Online: Healing Plants
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., 2019, Singapore : Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
Open Access -
Lamòling Bèaka: Immanence, Rituals, and Sacred Objects in an Unwritten Legend in Alor
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. & CAVALLARO, F. P., 7 Jul 2018, In: Religions. 9, 7, p. 1-15 15 p., 211.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
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Endangered Languages (Le lingue a rischio di estinzione)
Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO (Invited speaker)
2 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS) (External organisation)
Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO (Member)
27 May 2024 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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The Archaeology of Language
Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO (Keynote speaker) & Shiyue WU (Invited speaker)
17 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk