Discourse Organization in Gorwaa Narratives
Mayer, Clemens J.. (2021). "Discourse Organization in Gorwaa Narratives." Journal of African Languages and Literatures. 2 80-113.
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Education
- B.A. in Descriptive Linguistics, Leiden University, 2019; cum laude
- ResM.A. in Descriptive Linguistics, Leiden University 2021; cum laude
- Ph.D in Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2025 (expected)
Publications
Talks
Technology for language documentation and revitalization
Talk at LDTC Workshop series 'Language Documentation and Revitalizing Indigenous Languages, Prairies to Woodlands ILR Circle Inc. Ottawa, ON (online)
Making language materials available sustainably to remote communities using Raspberry Pi
Talk at 8th International Conference for Language Documentation and Conservation, Honolulu, HI
Work experience
- Fall 2023 - Present: Online Learning Coordinator
- Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Coordinator of the self-paced asynchronous courses (LING102UM; LING105UM; LING150BUM)
- Fall 2023 - Present: Austronesian Circle organizer
- Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Organizer of bi-weekly Austronesian-focused meetings
- Fall 2023 - Fall 2024: Student representative
- Linguistics Society of Mānoa
- Representing students’ interests to the department as well as being on the advocacy committee
- Spring 2022, Spring 2023: ELCat Student Assistant
- Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Student assistant at the Endangered Languages Catalogue
- Fall 2022: LING150BUM Instructor
- Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Instructor of record for the LING150BUM: Languages in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific courses
- Fall 2021: TA for LING102 and LING150B
- Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- TA for two 100-level courses (taught online)
- November - December 2019: Exceptions Rule! Lexical Restrictions on Grammatical Structure Student Assistant
- Universiteit van Amsterdam, Dr. Eva van Lier
- Analyzing and tagging a corpus of Kamang (Papua, Timor-Alor-Pantar) with the GRAID tagset; Assisting in the data organization and keeping track of the workflow of the project
- November - December 2019: LeiLanD Leiden University Transcriber & Data Manager
- Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Transcribing Frog stories of L2 Dutch speakers in Praat; Organizing and managing the data of the project; Preparing project data for publication on a website
- June - July 2017: LOT Summer School 2017 Administrator
- Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- General administrative contact for attendees of the a linguistics graduate-level summer school in Leiden; Managing registrations, absentees, schedule changes, technical issues and any questions and request from students and instructors during the summer school
Other experience
- October 2019 - May 2021: Research Master Linguistics Board of Education Student Member
- Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
- Student member of the board of education ensuring the quality of education of the research master linguistics
- Contact point for all research master students for feedback about the programme and quality of education
- April-September 2020: Faculty of Humanities Sounding Board for Diversity & Inclusion Member
- Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
- Reviewing, proposing and advising faculty policy regarding diversity and inclusion, specifically surrounding LGBTQ+, race, physical capabilities, class, and mental health
- January 2018 - January 2020: Humanities 444-celebration core committee member
- Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
- Part of the core committee organizing the celebration for the 444th anniversary of the humanities faculty of Leiden University
- Organizing and overseeing all events and projects carried out by the all 444-celebration teams
- Organizing a set of interactive afternoon focused on the conversation between the University, local government, and stakeholders in the city of Leiden; special focus on exhibiting humanities impact in local society.
- June - December 2018: Internship research project under Prof.Dr. L. J. de Vries
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Independent research project on the evidentiality linguistic area in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, consisting of researching and organizing data, analysis, and a research paper on the results.
- Part of a self-constructed minor for the BA Linguistics under supervision of Prof.Dr. L. J. de Vries
- September 2017 - September 2018: Study Association T.W.I.S.T. President
- Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
- Managing the board and the association; complete rewriting and reorganization of the association’s statutes; Preparing the association for the internationalization of the BA Linguistics in year 2018-2019
- Summer 2018: EL CID-Committee Faculty of Humanities 2018 Member
- Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
- Organizing the faculty period of the EL CID introductory week for oncoming freshmen of Leiden University; organizing mini-lectures, quizzes, logistics and decorations at the Lipsius building; Creating and managing the budget and preparing the subsidiary requests for the budget
- Summer 2016: Internship research project under Prof.Dr. L. J. de Vries
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Research on Papua New Guinean numeral systems under supervision of Prof.Dr. L. J. de Vries which included retrieving and organizing data, analyzing, and writing a research paper on the results