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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Projects
- 3 Finished
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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. (PI), PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (CoPI) & ZAKARIA, F. (CoPI)
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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Alor's Healing Plants: A Treasure Trove of Medical Knowledge and Oral Tradition
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., 15 Jan 2026, 1 p. Jakarta, Indonesia : The Conversation Trust (UK).Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
Open Access -
Tanaman obat Alor: Warisan tradisi lisan dan sains lokal
Translated title of the contribution :Medicinal Plants of Alor: A Legacy of Oral Tradition and Local Science Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
Open Access -
Finding 'Kape': How Language Documentation helps us preserve an endangered language
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., 26 Jan 2025, 1 p. Jakarta, Indonesia : The Conversation Trust (UK).Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
Open AccessFile1345 Downloads (Pure)
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The Dutch Research Council (External organisation)
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (Member)
16 Jul 2025 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Best Performance in Final Year Project (FYP) Award (2025) - Supervisor
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (Participant) & WU, S. (Participant)
13 Jul 2025Activity: Other
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (Journal)
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (Reviewer)
10 Jul 2025 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review