James Bednall

James Bednall is a Lecturer in Linguistics at Charles Darwin University and an Honorary Lecturer at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD from both Université de Paris and the Australian National University, focusing on temporal, aspectual, and modal expression in Anindilyakwa. His research emphasizes language documentation, revitalization, and community-guided methodologies, particularly with First Nations communities in Western Australia and East Arnhem Land.

Education: PhD (Temporal, aspectual and modal expression in Anindilyakwa), ANU/Université de Paris; PhD (L’expression de la temporalité, de l’aspectualité, et de la modalité en Anindilyakwa), Université de Paris; BA(Hons) Linguistics & BMus, University of Western Australia.

Research Interests: Language documentation/description, language revitalization, morphosyntax-semantics-pragmatics interfaces, semantic typology, and mathematical expression in Indigenous languages. Projects include Anindilyakwa monolingual lexicography and Badimaya language portal development (FLA PLSP Grant 2021–23).

Grants: CSFP Grant (2021–) for mathematical expression in Indigenous languages; CoEDL GFS Grant (2021–22) for monolingual lexicography methods.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with Groote Eylandt Language Centre, Bundiyarra-Irra Wangga Language Centre, and the Top End Language Lab. Supervises postgraduate research at CDU.