Adrian Clynes
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Academic Qualifications
BA, ANU
Gr Dip Ed, CCAE, Canberra
DES, Université de Tours
MA (Linguistics), ANU
PhD (Linguistics), ANU
Teaching
Courses taught in recent years:
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Psycholingusitics
- Translation
- Semantics & Pragmatics
- History of English
- Learner Language
- Genre Analysis
- Phonetics & Phonology
Research Interests
- Descriptive Linguistics
- Language Documentation
- Austronesian Languages
- Minority Languages of Brunei Darussalam
- Phonology
- Morphology
- Language Change
- Learner English
Current and Recent Research Projects
- Tutong Digital Dictionary Project UBD/PNC2/2/RG/1(179), with Hj Ramlee Tunggal, Dr Noor Azam OKMB Hj-Othman, Ak. Hj. Ashrol Rahimy bin Pg Hj Damit (commenced Feb 2011).
- Tutong Language Documentation Project UBD/PNC2/2/RG/1(94). Project begun May 2007, team leader (with Hj Ramlee Tunggal, Dr Noor Azam OKMB Hj-Othman, Hj Bahrin Hj Burhanuddin, Dr Hj Ramlee Tingkong). UBD report Jan 2011.
- Belait Language and Oral History Documentation Project (Metteng dialect) UBD/PNC2/2/RG/1(93), begun May 2007; with Hjh Asiayah az-Zahra bt Hj Ahmad Kumpoh (History, FASS). UBD report June 2009.
- Brunei secondary school learners written English; with A. Henry, A. Wood, & M. Ayla Surya M Hj Abdullah. UBD report Dec 2007.
- the pronunciation of Malay (Website)
Publications
Books
Tryon, D. T. (Ed.), Clynes, A. J. (Associate Editor, with M. D. Ross, C. E. Grimes & K. A. Adelaar). (1995). Comparative Austronesian Dictionary. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (3 vols).
Clynes, A. J. & Davies, K. (1988). Bali, Life and Legends. Melbourne: Intpress. xi + 53. [Indonesian teaching materials]
Clynes, A. J. & Sukarini, W. (1986). Tales of a Balinese Grandfather. Canberra: Wintergarden.vi + 64. [Indonesian teaching materials]
Clynes, A. J. (1986). English for the Life Sciences. Canberra: International Development Programme of Australian Universities. [2 vols]
Chapters in Books
Wood, A., Henry, A., Clynes, A. & Malai Ayla Surya Malai Hj Abdullah (2011). English in Brunei: ‘She speaks excellent English’ — ‘No, he doesn’t’. In L. J. Zhang, R. Rubdy & L. Alsagoff, (Eds.), Asian Englishes: Changing perspectives in a globalised world (pp. 49–63). Singapore: Pearson Longman.
Clynes, A. (2010). Bound roots in Balinese and Malay-precategorials or verbs? In J. Bowden, N. Himmelmann & M. Ross (Eds.), A Journey through Austronesian and Papuan Linguistic and Cultural Space: Papers in Honour of Andrew K. Pawley (pp. 333–356). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Clynes, A. (2006). Male given names in Brunei: Some recent changes in formal and functional features. In Brunei Darussalam: Kumpulan Esei sempena sambutan ulang tahun ke-20 penubuhan (pp. 53–74). Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Clynes, A. J. (2005). Belait. In K. A. Adelaar & N. Himmelman (Eds), The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar (pp. 429–455). London: Routledge Press.
Clynes, A. J. (2001). Balinese. In H. W. Wilson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the World's Languages (pp. 55–58). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
Clynes, A. J. (1995). Javanese. In D. T. Tryon et al. (Eds.), Comparative Austronesian Dictionary, Pt. 1 (pp. 469–484). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Clynes, A. J. (1995). Balinese. In D. T. Tryon et al. (Eds.), Comparative Austronesian Dictionary, Pt. 1 (pp. 495–510). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Clynes, A. J. (1994). Old Javanese influence in Balinese. In T. Dutton (Ed.), Language contact and change in the Austronesian world (pp. 141–177). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Journal Articles
Clynes A., & Deterding, D. (2011) Standard Malay (Brunei). Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 41(2), 259–268. (PDF Version) (Website).
Henry, A., Wood, A., Clynes, A., & Malai Ayla Surya Malai Hj Abdullah (2010). The problems of collocation and idiom in secondary pupils’ writing in Brunei Darussalam. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 7(3), 109–135.
Clynes, A. J., & Sercome, P. (2009). Prof. Dr. Peter Martin (1949–2009) [Obituary]. Jurnal Bahasa, 18, 55–59.
Clynes, A. J., & Henry, F. A. (2004). Introducing Genre Analysis using Brunei Malay Wedding invitations. Language Awareness, 13(4), 225–242.
Clynes, A. J. (2001). Brunei Malay: An overview. Occasional Papers in Language Studies, Department of English Language and Applied Lingistics, UBD, 7, 11–43. (PDF Version)
Clynes, A. J. (1999). Occam and the Proto-Austronesian ‘diphthongs’. Oceanic Linguistics, 38(2), 404–408.
Conference Papers
Clynes, A. (2010). Influence from dominant languages on minority language documentation projects: some examples from Brunei. Xth Conference of the Borneo Research Council in Miri, Malaysia, 5–7 July 2010. [To appear in] Bibi Aminah and Adrian Clynes (Eds.) Proceedings [...]. Phillips: Borneo Research Council.
Clynes, A., Noor Azam OKMB Hj-Othman, & Hjh Asiyah az-Zahra bte Hj Ahmad Kumpoh (2007). On two language documentation projects in Brunei Darussalam. In Proceedings, XIth Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Language. 26–28 October 2007, Kuala Lumpur pp. 129–136.
Clynes, A., Noor Azam OKMB Hj-Othman, Hj Ramlee Tingkong, Hj Ramlee Tunggal, & Hj Rusli Hj Murni (2007). Here today, not gone tomorrow! On documenting the linguistic and cultural diversity of Brunei Darussalam. Prosiding, Seminar Tahunan Jabatan Bahasa Melayu dan Linguistik (SETALING) II, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 24–25 January 2007, pp. 201–209.
Wood, A., Henry, A., Malai Ayla Surya Malai Hj Abdullah, & Clynes, A. (2007). Brunei English: towards a variety? Proceedings, 11th Annual English in Southeast Asia Conference (pp. 71–81). Curtin University of Technology, Perth 12–14 December 2006.
Clynes, A. J., Henry, F. A., & Maslin Jukin. (2006). The Evolution of the Brunei Malay Wedding Invitation. 2nd Conference on Austronesian Languages & Linguistics, St Catherine's College Oxford, 2–3 June 2006.
Clynes, A. J. (2005). Mengenai pemanjangan konsonan dalam bahasa Belait. Seminar International Dialek-Dialek Nusantara II, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Oct1–3 2005.
Clynes, A. J., & Henry, F. A. (2004). Memperkenalkan Analisis Genre melalui Kad Jemputan Kahwin. [Introducing Genre Analysis via wedding invitations]. Seminar Tahunan, Jabatan Bahasa Melayu dan Linguistik, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, August 12 2004.
Clynes, A. J. (2003). Some recent changes in male muslim personal names in Brunei. In Proceedings, Seminar Brunei–Jepun, Kajian Brunei Borneo. 11–12 Aug 2003. Jabatan Bahasa Melayu dan Linguistik, UBD.
Clynes, A. J. (2002b). Peranan artikulator aktif dalam fonologi: Awalan Meng- bahasa Melayu. In Proceedings, 2nd Asean linguistics conference, 28–30 October 2002. JabatanBahasa Melayu dan Linguistik, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Clynes, A. J. (2002a). On long consonants in Belait. In Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, ANU Canberra, 7–9 January 2002.
Clynes, A. J. (2000). Phonological structures and expressiveness: the role of iconicity in ‘the emergence of the marked’. In Proceedings, 7th Annual meeting of the Austronesian FormalLinguistics association, Amsterdam 11 May 2000–May 2000. Leiden: Dept. ofLinguistics, Frij Universitat. [invited speaker].
Reviews
Clynes, A. J. (2007). Review of W. Arka (2003) ‘Balinese morphosyntax’. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. In Bijdragen tot de Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde, 163, 256–257.
Clynes, A. J. (2006). Review of R. Blust (2003) ‘A short morphology [...] of Kiput, Sarawak’. Univ. of Hawaii Press. In Oceanic Linguistics, 45(1), 262–267.
Clynes, A. J. (1997). Review of P. Martin, G. Poedjosoedarmo and C. Ozog (Eds). (1996). ‘Language use and language change in Brunei Darussalam.’ Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. Review of Indonesian and Malay Studies, 31(1), 27–28.

