Dr Joshua Nash

  • Biography/ Background

    Joshua Nash is a visiting research fellow in the Discipline of Linguistics where he completed his PhD in 2011. His research focuses on synthesising ecological approaches to the study of language with Indian perspectives on spirituality, ecology, and ethnography. He has conducted linguistic fieldwork on Norfolk Island, South Pacific since 2007 and environmental fieldwork in Vrindavan, India since 1998. He will conduct fieldwork on Pitcairn Island in 2016.

  • Qualifications

    Bachelor of Science (Flinders) 1997

    Masters of Environmental Studies (Adelaide) 2000

    PhD (Adelaide) 2011

  • Awards & Achievements

    Divisional PhD scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences (2008-11), University of Adelaide

    Inaugural Placenames Australia award for Australian Toponymy 2011

    Bill Cowan Barr Smith Library Fellow University of Adelaide Australia 2013

    Sir Mark Mitchell Fund research grant 2013 

    Royal Society of South Australia small grant 2013

    Historical Society of South Australia small resesarch grant 2013

    J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice Research Grant 2013

    Asia Institute DECRA grant writing fellowship - University of Melbourne 2013

    New England Writers’ Centre Thunderbolt Prize for crime non-fiction 2015

  • Publications

    BOOKS

     

    Nash, J. 2013, Insular Toponymies: Place-naming on Norfolk Island, South Pacific and Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

    Nash, J. 2012, Norfolk Island Placenames, Norfolk Island: Norfolk Island Museum Trust.

    Mühlhäusler, P. & Nash, J. 2012, Norfolk Island: History People Environment Language, London & Colombo: Battlebridge.

     

    BOOK CHAPTERS

     

    Hendery, R., Mühlhäusler, P. & Nash, J. 2015, ‘Sometime is lies’: Narrative and identity in two mixed-origin island languages, in F. Gounder (ed.), Narrative and Identity Construction in the Pacific Islands, Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins 101–116.

    Mühlhäusler, P. & Nash, J. 2016, 'Signs of/on power, power on/of signs: Language-based tourism, linguistic landscapes and onomastics on Norfolk Island', in G. Puzey & L. Kostanski (eds.), People, Places, Perceptions and Power. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters: 62–80.

    Nash, J. (Accepted 10/9/2014), The long and short of it: Vowel length, placenames, and ecolinguistics’, in F. Zunino and A. Fill (eds.), Words, Images and Discourses of Language and Ecology: Talking about Nature and Culture, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. To appear in 2015.

    Nash, J. 2014, ‘Obtuse anglers: fishing ground names and the linguistics and ethnography of fishing on Norfolk Island’, in I.D. Clark, L Hercus, L. Kostanski (eds) Indigenous and Minority Place Names – Australian and International Perspectives, ANU E-Press: Canberra, 305-323.

    Nash, J. 2012, ‘Re-examining ecological approaches to Vrindavan pilgrimage’, in Manderson, L., Smith, W. & Tomlinson, M. (eds), Flows of Faith: Religious Reach and Community in Asia and the Pacific, Springer: Dordrecht & New York, 105-121.

    Nash, J. & Mühlhäusler, P. 2012, ‘Ripe banana bake’, in A. Baldacchino & G. Baldacchino (eds.), A Taste of Islands: 60 Recipes and Stories from our World of Islands, Island Studies Press: Charlottetown, Canada, 244-247.

     

    EDITED BOOKS AND JOURNAL ISSUES

     

    Nash, J. (ed.) 2016, Island toponymies, Guest edited thematic section of Island Studies Journal, 11(2), November 2016.

    Amery, R. & Nash, J. (eds.) 2008, Warra wiltanippendi – Strengthening Languages: Proceedings from the Inaugural Aboriginal Languages Conference (ILC) 2007, Adelaide: Discipline of Linguistics, University of Adelaide.

    Steffensen, S.V. & Nash, J. (eds.), 2007, Language, Ecology and Society: A dialectical approach, S.V.  London: Continuum.

    Steffensen, S.V. & Nash, J. (eds.) 2006, Ecolinguistics: Surveying the dialectics of language, ecology and society, Odense, Denmark: Odense University Press.

     

    REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

     

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘A nameless island’, Australian Folklore, 29: page numbers not yet known.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘An island, some fishermen, and a few placenames’, Australian Folklore, 29: page numbers not yet known.

    Nash, J. (accepted 10/10/2015), ‘Deleuze and Architecture, the conjoined, and the linguistics of concrete AND dust’, Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand.

    Nash, J. (accepted 23/9/2015), ‘May I Have Your Name Please: Hotel names on Norfolk Island, South Pacific’, Tourism Analysis.

    Nash, J. (accepted 15/11/2015), The possible influence of Edward Young’s St Kitts Creole in Pitkern-Norf’k toponyms English Language and Linguistics.

    Nash, J. (accepted 3/11/2015), ‘Is linguistic landscape necessary?’, Landscape Research,

    Nash, J. 2016, ‘Creole spatiality and Pitcairn Island: a comment on Feinberg and Mawyer’s Ethos Special Issue Senses of Space’, Ethos, 44(1): page numbers not yet known.

    Nash, J. 2016, ‘Who Gets the Research Loot? Or The Challenges of Being a Postdoctoral Fellow in a Neoliberal University’, Australian Universities’ Review, 58(1): page numbers not yet known.

    Nash, J. 2013/2014, ‘Norfolk Pitcairn Bounty: Myth narrative place’, Te Reo, 56/57, page numbers not yet known.

    Nash, J. 2016, ‘Dudley Peninsula: Linguistic pilgrimage and toponymic ethnography on an almost–island, Shima – The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, 10(1): page numbers not yet known.

    Nash, J. 2015, ‘Language contact and ‘the catch’: Norfolk Island fishing ground names, Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2015.1110197, published online 30/11/2015.

    Nash, J. 2015, ‘Vrindavan: The human sanctuary’, Journal of Vaishnava Studies, 24(1): 55-66.

    Nash, J. 2015, ‘Architectural pilgrimage’, Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies, 5(2): 121-128.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘The how of toponymy: A comment on Tent’s ‘Approaches to Research in Toponymy’’, Names 63(4): 233-236.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘On the possibility of Pidgin English toponyms in Pacific missions’, Historiographia Linguistica, 42(1): 139-151.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Can small(er) islands tell a large(r) story? The microcosm of Nepean Island, Norfolk Island Archipelago’, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 148(455 & 456): 82-86.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Placenames and ecolinguistics: Some considerations for toponymists’, Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 40(1-2): 99-103.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Island placenaming and insular toponymies’, Names, 63(3): 146-157.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Is toponymy necessary?’ Studies in Language, 39(1): 229-234.

    Nash, J. 2014. 'A clash of toponymies, or toponymic conflict on Phillip Island, Norfolk Island Archipelago’, The Globe, 75: 11-15.

    Nash, J. 2014, ‘Norf’k placenames and creole toponymy’, Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 29(1): 135-142.

    Nash, J. & Low, M. 2014, ‘Language and place-knowledge on Norfolk Island’, Ethnos, 80(3): 385-408.

    Nash, J. & Mühlhäusler P. 2014, ‘Linking language and the environment: The case of Norf’k and Norfolk Island’, Language Sciences, 41, 26–33.

    Nash, J. 2013, ‘Naming places–on and around Kangaroo Island’, South Australian Geographical Journal, 112, 69-73.

    Nash, J. 2013, ‘Response and Rejoinder to Perley's ‘Zombie Linguistics: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a linguist to pass through the ‘Perley Gates’: A response to Perley’s ‘Zombie Linguistics’’, Anthropological Forum, 23(1): 107-113.

    Nash, J. & Orman, J. 2013, ‘Things people speak? A response to Orman’s ‘linguistic diversity and language loss: a view from integrational linguistics’ with rejoinder’, Language Sciences, 41, 222-226.

    Nash, J. 2012, ‘An insular toponymy: place-naming on Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia: 136(2): 67–96.

    Nash, J. 2012, ‘Insular toponymies: pristine place-naming on Norfolk Island, South Pacific and Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia’, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 145(443 & 444): 95-96.

    Nash, J. 2012, ‘Melanesian Mission placenames on Norfolk Island’, The Journal of Pacific History, 47(4): 475-489.

    Nash, J. 2012, ‘Pristine toponymy and embedded placenames on islands’, Names, 60(3): 166–72.

    Nash, J. 2012, ‘Landscape Underwater, Underwater Landscapes: Kangaroo Island Diving Site Names as Elements of the Linguistic Landscape’, Landscape Research, 38(3): 394-400.

    Nash, J. 2012, ‘Naming the aquapelago: reconsidering Norfolk Island fishing ground names’, Shima – The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, 6(2): 15-20.

    Nash, J. & Chuk, T. 2012, ‘In deep water: diving site names on Norfolk Island’, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 10(4): 301-320.

    Nash, J. 2011, ‘Norfolk Island, South Pacific: An empirical ecolinguistic case study’, AUMLA - Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 116: 83-97.

    Nash, J. 2010, ‘Folk toponymy and offshore fishing ground names on the Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australia’, Island Studies Journal, 5(1): 43-60.

    Nash, J. 2009, ‘Naming the Sea: Offshore fishing grounds as placenames on Norfolk Island and Pitcairn Island’, Shima – The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, 3(2): 118-131.

     

     

    NON-REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND OTHER PAPERS

     

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Stories to be told’, The UK Log, 51(July): 3.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Stories to be told’, Unique – UNE Alumni Newsletter, 2(1): 25.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Fiddling on the roof’, Placenames Australia (June 2015): 3.

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Tiger in the Corner: Insider names on Dudley Peninsula’, Placenames Australia (March 2015): 1, 7-8.

    Nash, J. 2013. ‘A clash of toponymies: Phillip Island, Norfolk Island Archipelago’, Placenames Australia (December 2013): 1, 3-5.

    Nash, J. 2013. ‘Norfolk Island toponymy: the Melanesian Mission’s influence’, Placenames Australia (September 2013): 3, 8-9.

    Nash, J. 2013, ‘Toponymy and ecolinguistics’. History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences, http://hiphilangsci.net/2013/11/13/toponymy-and-ecolinguistics

    Nash, J. 2012, 'Norfolk Island toponymy: The microcosm of Nepean Island', Placenames Australia (June 2012): 1, 8-9.

    Nash, J. 2002. ‘Word Repetition in Danish: ‘Jeg mener 'skæg' ikke 'skæg' (I mean 'funny' not 'beard')’, Word Ways 35(1): 40-41.

    Nash, J. 2001, ‘Onomatopoeia and Language Perception’, Word Ways, 34(3): 185-188.

    Nash, J. 2001, ‘Air Pollution and Danish Society: What are the means for an understandable communication?’, Miljø og Sundhed (Environment and Health), 17: 12-13.

     

    REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND SUBMISSIONS

     

    Nash, J. 2015. ‘Drawn names: The aesthetics of linguistic landscapes and linguistic pilgrimage’. Paper presented at Drawing International Brisbane: ego.artefact.arena, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 01-02 October. Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research, http://www.gccar.com.au/events/conferences/dib.

    Nash, J. 2011, ‘Linguistic and ethnographic aspects of place-naming of the Melanesian Mission, Norfolk Island, South Pacific’, in Islands of History: Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Professional Historians Association (NSW), Norfolk Island, July 2010, Anchor Books: Spit Junction, NSW: 128-133.

    Nash, J. 2010, ‘On Chintan’, in Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Adelaide, 5-8 July 2010 (www.adelaide.edu.au/asaa2010/reviewed_papers/Nash-Joshua.pdf): 1-15.

    Nash, J. 2010, ‘Ecolinguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics – Two Case Studies: The Hit Chaurasi Pad and Norfolk Island, South Pacific’, in N. Choudhary & G. Sabu (eds.) Proceedings of the Third Students' Conference of Linguistics in India 19-21 February, 2009, Centre for Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University: New Delhi, India: 138-148.

    Nash, J. 2009, ‘Toponymy on Norfolk Island, South Pacific: The microcosm of Nepean Island’, in W. Ahrens, S. Embleton & André Lapierre (eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences 2008 Toronto Proceedings, Toronto: York University: 751-759.

     

    BOOK REVIEWS

     

    Nash, J. 2015, Review of Goswami (2013), A Living Theology: Essential Teachings of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhup‪āda, Edited with Introduction and Conclusion by Graham M. Schweig, International Journal of Hindu Studies, 19(3): 342-345.

    Nash, J. 2015, Review of Barnett (2013), Emergence in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Research, 40(4): 517-518.

    Nash, J. 2015, Review of Zenker (2013), Irish/ness is all around us: language revivalism and the culture of ethnic identity in Northern Ireland, Anthropological Forum, 25(2): 210-212.

    Nash, J. 2014, Review of Michaelis et al. (2013), The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures/The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages, Australian Journal of Linguistics, 34(3): 426-429.

    Nash, J. 2014, Review of Baker & Pederson (2013), Talk of St Kitts and Nevis, and Meyerhoff & Walker (2013), Bequia Talk (St Vincent and the Grenadines), Island Studies Journal, 9(1): 169-170.

    Nash, J. 2013, Review of Mullan (2010), Expressing Opinions in French and Australian English Discourse: A semantic and interactional analysis, Journal of French Language Studies, 23(3): 459-461.

    Nash, J. 2013, Review of St-Hilaire (2011), Kwéyòl in Postcolonial Saint Lucia: Globalization, language planning, and national development, Journal of French Language Studies, 23(2): 306-308.

    Nash, J. 2012, Review of Mark, Turk, Burenhult & Stea (2011), Landscape in Language: Transdisciplinary perspectives, Culture and Language Use 4, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 7(2): 197-200.

    Nash, J. 2012, Review of Shohamy & Gorter (2009), Linguistic Landscape: Expanding the scenery, and Jaworski & Thurlow (2010), ‘Semiotic Landscapes: Language, Image, Space’, Journal of Sociolinguistics, 16(4): 552-554.

    Nash, J. 2012, Review of St-Hilaire (2011), Kwéyòl in Postcolonial Saint Lucia: Globalization, language planning, and national development, (http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-2265.html)

    Nash, J. 2010, Review of Müller (2009), Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking: A Dynamic View, Australian Journal of Linguistics, 30(4): 534-536.

    Nash, J. 2010, Review of Alexander (2009), Framing Discourse on the Environment: A critical discourse approach, Journal of Sociolinguistics, 14(3): 409-415.

    Nash, J. 2010, Review of Rasinger (2007), Bengali-English in East London: A study in urban multilingualism, (http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?SubID=2233359).

     

    VIII. REPORTS

     

    Nash, J. 2016. Norfolk Island (Australian National Placenames Survey Data Report No. 1). Placenames Australia: South Turramurra, New South Wales.

    Nash, J. 2016. Dudley Peninsula (Australian National Placenames Survey Data Report No. 2). Placenames Australia: South Turramurra, New South Wales.

    Nash, J. 1998. Vrindavan conservation – A perspective. New Delhi: WWF-India.

  • Professional Associations

    Australian Linguistic Society

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Entry last updated: Monday, 9 Nov 2015