Rate My Professor Nerida Jarkey

Jarkey's research specializes in the semantics of grammar, particularly serial verb constructions and the grammatical expression of social relations in Japanese and White Hmong, as well as the intersections of language, society, and culture. She authored the monograph Serial Verbs in White Hmong (Brill’s Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture, 2015), offering a detailed analysis of serialization strategies in this Southeast Asian language. She co-edited The Integration of Language and Society: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (Oxford University Press, Explorations in Linguistic Typology, 2021) with Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon, including her chapter 'The grammatical expression of social relations in Japanese'. Additional significant publications encompass 'Cotemporal serial verb constructions in White Hmong' (in Complex Predicates, Cambridge University Press, 2010), 'The Housewife Is Born: The Establishment of the Notion and Identity of the Shufu in Modern Japan' (Japanese Studies, 2002), contributions on complement clause types and bridging constructions in White Hmong, and co-authorship of the Thai Hill Tribes Phrasebook (Lonely Planet, 1991). Jarkey has led projects on language proficiency testing validation and secured Australian Research Council Discovery Project funding for cross-linguistic research on language and society. She has also served as Head of the School of Languages and Cultures. Her contributions have impacted linguistic typology, Japanese sociolinguistics, Hmong studies, and pedagogical advancements in language education.