Dr. Heather Bowe
Qualifications and Positions
- BEd (1979) Adelaide College of Arts and Education; MA (1983), PhD (1987) University of Southern California
- Senior Lecturer, Linguistics
- Executive Director, Language and Society (Research) Centre
Research Areas
- Linguistic description, syntax, language typology, directives, questions and requests
- Australian Aboriginal Languages: Pitjantjatjara (Western Desert) syntax and pragmatics; Victorian Indigenous languages - description and reclamation (Yorta Yorta and other languages as may become appropriate through networking with relevant communities)
- Australian English: vowel quality, the language of meetings
- Intercultural communication: English as a lingua franca - the role of repetition
- Forensic linguistics: analysis and practice
Teaching
Undergraduate
- LIN237/337 Aboriginal Languages
- LIN2090/3090 Syntax
- LIN2310/3310 Phonetics and Phonology
- LIN247/347 Linguistics for Business,/Intercultural Communication
- LIN2/3430 Psycholinguistics & Child Language Acquisition
- LIN4620 Research Methods
- LIN4670 Linguistic Theory (contributor)
- LIN3160 International Cultural Interaction (Berwick campus)
- INT3010 Managing Intercultural Communication Joint coordinator (Peninsula & Malaysia campuses)
Graduate
- MBA6610 Language & Communication in International Business
- ALM5290 Child Language Acquisition
- ALM4/5150 Research Design in Applied Linguistics
Other
Contact
Dr Heather Bowe
Linguistics
Program, SLCL
Building 11
Monash University
Australia 3800
Ph: +61 (3) 9905 2293
Fax: +61 (3) 9905 5437
Email: heather.bowe@arts.monash.edu.au