Publications and Talks
Publications
Carroll, M. Accepted. Syntactic ergativity in Ngkolmpu: Revising the typology of co-referential restrictions. Festchrift for Nicholas Evans ed. Rachel Nordlinger and Alice Gaby. Canberra: ANU Press.
Evans, N., C. Döhler, & Carroll, M. In Press. Historical linguistics of the Yam family. The Oxford Guide to Papuan Languages. ed. Nicholas Evans and Sebastian Fedden. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Carroll, M. In Press. Yei (Yam). The Oxford Guide to Papuan Languages. ed. Nicholas Evans and Sebastian Fedden. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Carroll, M.J. 2022. Verbose Exponence: linking the typologies of multiple and distributed exponence. Morphology 32. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11525-021-09384-8
Carroll, M.J. 2021. Phonetics and phonology of Ngkolmpu. Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication No. 24: Phonetic fieldwork in Southern New Guinea. Manoa. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24993
Carroll, M.J. 2020. Discontinuous noun phrases in Ngkolmpu. Studies in Language 44 (3). 700-721 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.19015.car
Carroll, M.J. 2020. Morphology of Yam Languages. Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Linguistics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.677
Carroll, M.J. 2019. Prenasalised voiceless stops in Ngkolmpu. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2019. Melbourne, Australia.
Evans, N., W. Arka, M. Carroll, Y.J. Choi, C. Döhler, V. Gast, E. Kashima, E. Mittag, B. Olsson, K. Quinn, D. Schokkin, P. Tama, C. van Tongeren and J. Siegel. 2018. The Languages of Southern New Guinea.The Languages and Linguistics of New Guinea: A Comprehensive Guide, ed. Bill Palmer. Berlin: De Gruyer Mouton.
Data sets and language documentation archives
Carroll, M.J. 2020. Pan-dialectal documentation of the Yei language. London: SOAS University of London, Endangered Languages Archive. Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0012-D793-C.
Carroll, M.J. 2019. Set theoretic-paradigm collection. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4898419
Carroll, M.J., Nicholas Evans, I Wayan Arka, Christian Döhler, Eri Kashima, Volker Gast, Tina Gregor, Julia Miller, Emil Mittag, Bruno Olsson, Dineke Schokkin, Jeff Siegel, Charlotte van Tongeren & Kyla Quinn. 2016. Yamfinder: Southern New Guinea Lexical Database.
Carroll, M.J. 2012. Languages of Southern New Guinea Project: Ngkolmpu. Collection LSNG04 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56E979083360E
PhD thesis
Carroll, M.J. 2016. The Ngkolmpu Language with special reference to distributed exponence. Australian National University. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/116801
Presentations
2024
Mae Carroll, Sam Passmore, Christian Döhler and Nicholas Evans. A Phylogeny of Yam Languages. Presented at Australian Linguistics Society Annual Meeting, 2024, Canberra, Australia.
Mae Carroll and Sacha Beniamine. A Data-Direct Typology of Exponence. Presented 15th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology, 2024, Singapore.
2023
Carroll, MJ & S Beniamine. Linguistic comprehension and the typology of exponence. Australian National University Seminar Series. 6 October 2023.
Beniamine, S, Cormac Anderson, Mae Carroll, Matías Guzmán Naranjo, Borja Herce, Matteo Pellegrini, Erich Round, Helen Sims-Williams, Tiago Tresoldi. Paralex: a DeAR standard for rich lexicons of inflected forms. International Symposium of Morphology, Nancy, France. 13 September 2023.
Beniamine, S & M.J. Carroll. The other perspective on exponence. International Symposium of Morphology, Nancy, France. 15 September 2023.
Carroll, MJ. Morphological exponence from the hearer's perspective: theory and typology. Invited Talk: Surrey Linguistics Circle, University of Surrey 20 February 2023
Carroll, MJ. Morphological exponence from the hearer's perspective: theory and typology. Invited Talk: Ling Lunch, Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle, Université Paris Cité. 23 February 2023
2022
Carroll, MJ & S Beniamine. Morphological exponence: theory, implementation and typology. Australian Linguistics Society Annual Meeting 2022. Melbourne, Australia
Carroll, M.J. Syntactic ergativity in Ngkolmpu: Revising the typology of co-referential restrictions. Nicholas Evans Festschrift Event. Melbourne, Australia.
Carroll, M.J. Explaining redundant morphology through evolutionary dynamics: evidence from Yam and Kartvelian. Surrey Linguistics Circle. Guildford UK.
2021
Carroll, M.J & Steven Gagau. Introducing the Sulka Collection: documentation through community engagement in the time of COVID-19. Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea.
Carroll, M.J & Zurab Baratashvili. Explaining redundancy in linguistic morphology: evidence from Yam and Kartvelian. Australian Linguistics Society Annual Meeting 6-11 December 2021.
Carroll, M.J. Verbose exponence. MultEx@ZAS. Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft in Berlin 1st-3rd December 2021.
Carroll, M.J. Explaining redundancy in linguistic morphology: evidence from Yam and Kartvelian. Cultural Evolution Society Conference 2021, Sapporo. 9th-11th June 2021.
Carroll, M.J. The double verb construction in Yei. 13th Austronesian & Papuan Languages & Linguistics Conference, Edinburgh. 10th-12th June 2021.
2020
Carroll, M.J. (2020). Structural correlates of morphological redundancy: Toward an evolutionary explanation for stable inflectional overlap . Departmental Seminar Australian National University. 26th June 2020. Canberra, Australia (Online).
Olsson, Bruno & M.J. Carroll (2020). Syntactically relevant morphology: The Coastal Marind fourth Gender. Paper presented at 12th Austronesian Papuan Language and Linguistics Conference. 20th June 2020. Oslo, Norway (Online).
Carroll, M.J. (2020). Redundancy in morphological exponence. Invited talk Syntax Circle at Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS). 18th June 2020. Berlin, Germany (Online).
Carroll, M.J. (2020). Exponence in Papuan Languages. Invited talk Surrey Linguistics Circle. Guildford, UK. (Online).
2019
Olsson, Bruno & M.J. Carroll (2019). Syntactically relevant morphology: The Coastal Marind fourth Gender. Paper presented at Australian Linguistics Society Annual Meeting. 11-13 December 2019. Sydney, Australia.
Carroll, M.J. (2019). Syntactic Ergativity in Ngkolmpu. Paper presented at Australian Linguistics Society Annual Meeting. 11-13 December 2019. Sydney, Australia. SLIDES
Carroll, M.J. (2019). Grammatical relations in Ngkolmpu. Paper presented at International Conference on Austronesian and Papuan Worlds. 6-8 September 2019. Bali, Indonesia
Carroll, M.J., C. Döhler and N. Evans. (2019). Untangling the coronals in Proto-Yam. Paper presented at the International Conference on Historical Linguistics. 1-5 July 2019. Canberra, Australia.
Carroll, M.J. 2019. Modelling redundancy for typology. Invited presentation at Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle, Paris Diderot University, 1st March 2019. SLIDES
Carroll, M.J. 2019. Modelling redundancy for typology. Invited presentation at SOAS, London 28th February 2019.
Carroll, M.J. 2019. Modelling and measuring morphological redundancy. Poster presented at the American Associations for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting. 14-17 February. Washington, DC. DOWNLOAD POSTER.
2018
Carroll, M.J. 2018. Modelling and measuring redundancy in multiple exponence. Paper presented at New approaches to the typology of inflectional systems workshop. 16th November 2018. University of Chicago Center in Paris, Paris.
Carroll, M.J. 2018. A set-theoretic model of redundancy in multiple exponence. Paper presented at the New Fields for Morphology Workshop. 2-3rd November 2018. University of Surrey, Guildford.
Carroll, M.J. 2018. Configurationality in Ngkolmpu revisited. Paper presented at Syntax of the World's Languages 8. 3-5 September 2018. INALCO, Paris.
Carroll, M.J. 2018. Configurationality in Ngkolmpu revisited. Paper presented at the 10th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference. 4-5th May 2018. University of Surrey, Guildford.
2017
Carroll, M.J. 2017. The extent of (non-)redundancy in distributed exponence. Paper presented at the 12th Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology. 11-15th December 2017. Australian National University, Canberra.
Carroll, M.J. 2017. Toward a typology of distributed exponence. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain. 4-7 September 2017. University of Kent, Canterbury
Carroll, M.J. 2017. Distributed exponence of tense, aspect and mood in Ngkolmpu. Paper presented at the 9th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference. 21-23 June 2017. INALCO, Paris.
Carroll, M.J. 2017. Prenasalised Voiceless Stops in Ngkolmpu. Workshop on the Languages of Papua 4. Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Indonesia.
Evans, Nicholas, M.J. Carroll and Christian Döhler. 2017. Reconstructing the Phonology of Proto-Yam. Workshop on the Languages of Papua 4. Universitas Papua, Manokwari, Indonesia.
2016
Carroll, M.J. 2016. (Sub)Paradigmatic autonomy in Ngkolmpu. New Fields for Morphology Workshop. University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Carroll, M.J. and T. Mark Ellison. 2016. Measuring exponence complexity. Australian Linguistic Society Annual Meeting 2016. Monash University, Melbourne.
2015
Carroll, M.J. 2015. Inflection in Ngkolmpu: Distributed exponence and sub-paradigmatic autonomy. Departmental seminar, linguistics department. University of Cologne, Germany.
Carroll, M.J. 2015. Markednes and stem selection in Ngkolmpu. Departmental seminar at the Surrey Morphology Group, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Carroll, M.J. and T. Mark Ellison. 2015. A Minimum-Description Length Measure of Exponence Complexity. Talk given at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain 2015. University College London, London.
Carroll, M.J. 2015. The Exception that Proves the Rule: Defaults, markedness and the case of a typological outlier. Talk given at The 10th Mediterranean Morphology Meeting. Haifa, Israel.
Carroll, M.J. 2015. Middles in Ngkolmpu. Talk given at Workshop on Middles, Australian National University.
2014
Carroll, M.J. 2014. Defaults vs. Markedness: A note on the organising principle of morphology. Talk given at Australian Linguistics Society Conference 2014, University of Newcastle.
Carroll, M.J. 2014. Verbal Number and Aspect in Ngkolmpu. Talk given at the Seventh Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics conference. SOAS, University of London. Slides.
Carroll, M.J. 2014. Modelling Non-Canonical Inflection in Ngkolmpu. Departmental seminar at the Surrey Morphology Group. University of Surrey, Guildford.
Carroll, M.J. and Christian Döhler. 2014. Stem Choice in Proto Tonda-Kanum. Talk given at Southern New Guinea comparative project meeting. University of Armidale.
2013
Carroll, M.J. 2013. Valence and Verbal Morphology in Ngkntra (Ngkolmpu). Invited plenary at the International Seminar on Austronesian/Papuan Languages and Literature. Udayana Univeristy, Bali, Indonesia.
Carroll M.J. 2013. Inflectional Morphology and Syncretism in Ngkolmpu Kiki. Invited talk at departmental seminar at Universitas Udayana.
Carroll, M.J. 2013. Morphological Complexity in Ngkntra (Ngkolmpu). Talk given at the Workshop of the Languages of Melanesia. ANU.
Carroll, M.J. 2013. The Case System of Ngkntra (Ngkolmpu) Kiki. Talk given for Thesis Proposal Review. Australian National University.
2012
Carroll, M.J. 2012. Inflectional Morphology of Kanum: Arguments for a Paradigm-Function Account. Talk given at departmental Seminar. Linguistics Department. Australian National University.