Professor I Wayan Arka
Areas of expertise
- Linguistics 2004
- Linguistic Structures (Incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) 200408
- Indonesian Languages 200313
- Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) 200405
- Language In Time And Space (Incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology) 200406
- Lexicography 200407
Research interests
Austronesian and Papuan languages of Eastern Indonesia, language typology, syntactic theory, Indonesian linguistics, Applied Linguistics, language documentation, translation, sociolinguistics and anthropological linguistics.
I incorporate my latest research into my teaching. Here are the courses that I teach at the ANU:
- Syntactic theory/Advanced Morphosyntax (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 as Convenor)
- Indonesian 5 (2016, 2021, as Convenor)
- Indonesian 2 (2017, 2018, 2020, as Convenor)
- Indonesian 1 (2018, 2019 as Convenor)
- Indonesian 6 (2015, as Convernor; 2016, 2021)
- Introduction to syntax (2015 and 2016, as Convenor)
- Graduate reading course (2016, as Convenor)
- Morphology (2015, 2017 as Convenor)
- Austronesian languages (2012, 2019, 2021 as Convenor)
- Asia and the Pacific: Power, diversity and change (2016, guest lecture on language policy and globalisation)
- Indonesian 4 (2014, teaching the translation session)
- The Study of a language family (2015, guest lecture on voice systems in Indonesian languages)
- Dictionaries and Dictionary making (2010, guest lecture on corpora)
Biography
My contributions to linguistics have spanned different sub-disciplines: from theoretical, formal and computational grammar, to typology and descriptive and documentary linguistics. All of my projects involve international collaborations with institutions in Australia, Indonesia, the UK, US and NZ, and locally with language communities.
My research aims to generate a deep understanding of how grammar works, and to investigate how it can be explicitly modelled so as to produce a precise, empirically well-motivated description or analysis with theoretical, typological, and practical significance. I have immersed myself in linguistic theory, typology, and descriptive and documentary linguistics, with particular focus on the numerous and diverse languages of Indonesia. I have also cultivated skills in corpus development and data management.
My theoretical work is mainly within the Lexical-Functional Grammar framework. My work in this area includes implementing LFG on Indonesian languages, outlining the challenges this poses and developing an LFG-based computational grammar of Indonesian. Funded by a grant from the Indonesian government, I have examined the core properties of eastern Indonesian languages, including Papuan languages. With a follow-up NSF project (2007-2009), I have demonstrated the theoretical implications of the Austronesian voice system in eastern Indonesia, highlighting its gradual demise (Arka, 2009). With grants from the ARC and ELDP, I recently work on the Papuan languages of Merauke and have published papers on a range of topics; e.g, discussing the unusual complexity of the number system in Marori and the possible far-reaching implications it has in linguistic theory.
I have done fieldwork in remote parts of eastern Indonesia, organising training in Indonesia as part of my capacity-building efforts in Indonesia.
Career Highlights
- Head of Linguistics Program, CHL, CAP (2014 - Feb 2021)
- Convenor of BAS (Bachelor of Asian Studies) (2018 - now)
- Postdoc Fellow (2001), Research Fellow (2004), Fellow (2008), Senior Fellow/Asc Professor (2015), Professor (2021), Linguistics, CHL, CAP, ANU
- Humboldt Fellow, Cologne University, Germany (2012-2014)
- Research Fellow, IIAS, Leiden U, the Netherlands (2006)
- Lecturer, Udayana University, Indonesia (1986-...).
Researcher's projects
Research grants & fellowship awards
- 2019-2022. Enggano in the Austronesian family: historical and typological perspectives (CI with M. Dalrymple Oxford University and Bernd Nothofer Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main), funded by the UK AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council), GBP 465,904 (or AUD 850,989).
- 2018-2019. Documentation of Enggano (CI with Mary Dalrymple, Oxford University). Language Legacies Grant Program, Endangered Language Fund.
- March-June 2017. The Papuan and Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia, part of the project on Constructing a research network for documenting minority languages in and around Indonesia. Co-CI with A/Prof. Asako Shiohara, funded by TUFS, Visiting Professor Fellowship.
- 2016-2017. The Endangered Papuan Languages of Merauke-Indonesia: ethnobiological and linguistic documentation (Primary Investigator, Project Leader), funded by the ELDP Major Documentation Project Grant, London, A$79,949.
- 2012-2014. The Austronesian Languages of Flores: from Language Description to Linguistic Theory, Georg Forster Humboldt Fellowship (CI), based at the Department of Linguistics, the University of Cologne; funded by Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, $47307
- 2011-2015. Languages of Southern New Guinea (co-CI with Nick Evans (ANU) and Jeff Siegel (University of New England), funded by ARC Discovery Grant, A$405,000.
- 2012. Plurals in the languages of Indonesia (CI) RSAP Small Grant, A$4920.
- 2011. Equipment and facilities upgrade for Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures. (co-CI, with L Barwick, Thieberger, Bird, Evans, Simpson, Nordlinger, Corn), ARC LE110100142, $238,000.
- 2010. Endangered languages of Merauke: workshop and fieldwork (PI), CAP/ANU Small Grant, A$4973,
- 2008. Understanding Indonesian: developing a machine-usable grammar, dictionary and corpus. (Co-PI with Prof. Mary Dalrymple, Oxford University), British Academy (small) grant, £4688.
- 2008-2011. Understanding Indonesian: developing a machine-usable grammar, dictionary and corpus (Co-CI with Jane Simpson, University of Sydney; Avery Andrews, ANU; Mary Dalrymple, Oxford University), ARC Discovery Grant, $269,000.
- 2006-2009. Austronesian Voice Systems: an Eastern Indonesian Perspective (Co-CI with M. Shibatani, US; Fay Wouk, Auckland University NZ), funded by NSF, worth US$299,990 or A$408,573.
- 2004-2006. Documenting Rongga: a marginalized small language of south-central Flores, Indonesia (CI), funded by the ELDP (Endangered Language Documentation Programme)/Rausing Grant from the SOAS London, A$245,630.
- 2003. Serial verb constructions and related structures in Austronesian languages of Nusantara (Co-CI with Dr. John Bowden, Linguistics RSPAS, ANU), small internal grant from RSPAS, ANU, worth A$15,000
Professional service
- 2013-2014. Chair (elected), Executive Committee, International Lexical-Functional Grammar Association (https://sites.google.com/site/ilfgalfg/home)
- 2011-2014. Regional Director for Indonesia, the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat).
- 2008-2011. Managing Editor, Pacific Linguistics
- 2008- now. Member, Editorial Board, (Asia-)Pacific Linguistics
- 2006-now. Member (elected), Steering Committee, ICAL
- 2007-2011. Panel member (invited), the Panel of the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP), School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
- 2005-now. Member, editorial board of Linguistik Indonesia, the official journal of the Indonesian Linguistic Association or Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia (MLI)
- Organiser of the following international events: ALS conference (2001, Canberra), 9th ICAL (2002, Canberra), AFLA XV (2008 Sydney), LFG08 (2008 Sydney), LFG12/12-ICAL (2012 Bali)
- Reviewer (invited), grant applications: Research Grant Council, Hong Kong (2013), National Geographic, US (2012), the Leverhulme Turst, London (2010, 2012), the Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) Program and Linguistics Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF), US (January 2010, December 2008, December 2005); Assessor (invited), ARC (Australian Research Council) (every year since May 2007—present); Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) (November 2004, and every year since 2008—present).
- Reviewer (invited), for the submissions of abstracts/papers/book chapters for national/international conferences, journals of linguistics and publishers (Studies in Language, AFLA, LFG, SEAL, ICAL; Lingua, Linguistik Indonesia, Pacific Linguistics, John Benjamins, KITLV …).
Evidence of impact
I have been invited to give a talk in the following international linguistics meetings:
- September 2019, ICAPaW (International Conference on the Austronesian and Papuan Worlds), Udayana University, Bali-Indonesia 6-8 September 2019 (http://www.cirhss.org/2019/05/04/invited-speakers/)
- July 2018, Keynote Speaker, the 14-ICAL (International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics), Antananarivo, Madagascar, 17-20 July 2018.
- August 2016. Plenary Speaker, the 2016 International Conference of the Linguistics Society of Indonesia (KIMLI), Bali-Indonesia, 24-27 August 2016.
- November 2015: Keynote Speaker, the International Conference on Language, Society and Culture, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonsia (LIPI, or Indonesian Academy of Sciences), Jakarta.
- August 2015: Keynote speaker, the 22nd International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 10-14 August 2015, http://compling.hss.ntu.edu.sg/events/2015-hpsg/.
- May 2015: Keynote Speaker, the 22nd International Conference of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association, McGill University, Canada, 21-24 May 2015, http://lingconf.com/afla22/.
- November 2013: Plenary speaker, the 6th International Conference on Austronesian and non-Austronesian languages of Indonesia, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia, 6-7 November 2013.
- November 2012: Keynote speaker, International PACLIC 26 (26th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information, and Computation) conference, Bali, Indonesia, 8-10 November 2012. http://paclic26.cs.ui.ac.id/speakers.php
- February 2011: Plenary speaker, the 2nd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation, University of Hawaii, US.
- June 2009: Invited speaker, the 4th Conference on Austronesian Languages and Linguistics (ALL4), organized by the UK Austronesian Research Group (UKARG), London, UK, 17-18 June 2009.
- Aug 2007: Invited speaker, the 4th International Conference on Austronesian languages, Bali, Indonesia.
- May 2007: Invited speaker, the International Conference on Endangered Austronesian Languages, Taiwan.
- July 2005: Keynote speaker, the 6th International ALT (Association for Linguistic Typology) conference, Padang, Indonesia.
- July 2002: Keynote speaker, the 10th National Congress of the Indonesian Linguistics Society, Bali, Indonesia.
- July 2002: Main speaker, the 16th (international) PELBBA linguistic meeting, Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- July 2000: Keynote speaker, the 4th International Symposium on Malay and Indonesian Linguistics, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- May 2000: Invited speaker, the 7th meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Available student projects
I am Chair of the Supervisory Committees of the following PhD students (CAP, ANU):
- Aarin Tirza Sirima. PhD thesis: Middles in Austronesian languages.
- Li-Chen Yeh. PhD thesis: From obsolescence to revival: Kaxabu-Pazeh and Southern Min in Contact situation.
- Tina Gregor. PhD thesis: A Documentation and Description of Yelmek (a Papuan language of Southern New Guinea).
- Chris Wedall. PhD thesis: A Grammar of Sajolang.
- Thersia Tamelan. PhD thesis: A grammar of Dela, an Austronesian langauge of eastern Indonesia.
- Naijing Liu. PhD thesis: Lexical and prosodic phonology: Tsum and Tianjin.
I am a member of the Supervisory Committees of these PhD students:
- Kristina Gallego. PhD thesis:Consequences of contact: examining the case of Ibatan Babuyan and Ilokano.
- Jirat Hiranras. PhD thesis:Reciprocals in Thai.
Past student projects
I was Chair of the Supervisory Committees of the following former students in CAP, ANU:
- Antoinette Schapper. Graduated 2010. PhD thesis: Bunaq: A Papuan Language of Central Timor. She's the ALT Panini Award winner, now working at Leiden University.
- Meladel Mistica. Graduated in 2013. PhD thesis: An Investigation into Deviant Morphology: Issues in the Implementation of a Deep grammar for Indonesian. She's now working in Intel Corp, the US.
- Sebastien Lacampre. Graduated in 2014. PhD thesis: Lelepa: topics in the grammar of a Vanuatu Language. He is now a Postdoctoral Fellow at CoEDL, U of Melbourne.
- Matthew Carroll. Graduated in 2017. PhD thesis: Sub-Paradigmatic Autonomy: A study of distributed exponence in Ngkolmpu.
- Yusuf Sawaki. Graduated in 2017. PhD thesis: A grammar of Wooi (an Austronesian language of west Papua, Indonesia).
- Xueqing Zhong. Graduated 2019. PhD thesis: Rescuing a language from extinction: practical steps with the community for revitalisation of the Western Yugur language.
I was a member of the Supervisory Committees of the following former students:
- Maia Ponsonnet. Graduated in 2014, CAP-ANU; now a DECRA Fellow at the University of Sydney.
- Subhan (CASS, ANU) Graduated in 2013.
- Ira Amstrong (CASS, ANU)
- Christian Doehler (CAP, ANU). Graduated in 2016. PhD thesis: A Grammar of Kómnjo.
- Owen Edwards (CAP, ANU). Graduated in 2017. PhD thesis: Metathesis in Uab Meto.
- Tom Honeyman (CAP, ANU). Graduated in 2017. PhD thesis: A grammar of Momu, a language of PNG.
- David Muljadi (NTU, Singapore). PhD thesis: An Indonesian Resource Grammar (INDRA) in the Framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) and Its Application for Machine Translation.
- Ari Natarina (University of Iowa, US). PhD thesis: Complementation in Balinese.
Publications
- Sosiowati, G, Arka, I, Widiastuti, N et al. 2019, The Names of Tourism Sites in Nusa Penida from Ethno-Linguistic History to Ecotourism, Swasta Nulus, Indonesia.
- Arka, I Wayan 2019, 'Number and comitative-inclusory constructions in Marori', LFG19 Conference, CSLI Publications, America, pp. 48-68.
- Sosiowati, G, Arka, I Wayan, Aryawibawa, Widiastuti, N M A, 2019, 'Domain change and ethnolinguistic vitality: Evidence from the fishing lexicon of Loloan Malay', Language Documentation and Conservation, vol. 13, no. 0, pp. 586-617.
- Arka, I Wayan 2019, 'Grammatical relations in Balinese', In Argument Selectors: A new perspective on grammatical relations, edited by Alena Witzlack-Makarevich and Balthasar Bickel, 257-299. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Arka, I Wayan 2018, 'Reflections on the diversity of participation in language documentation', Language Documentation and Conservation, vol. 15, pp. 132-139.
- Arka, I Wayan & Sawaki, Y 2018, 'Reflections on linguistic fieldwork and language documentation in eastern Indonesia', Language Documentation and Conservation, vol. 15, pp. 256-266.
- Arka, I Wayan & Sedeng, N 2018, 'Information Structure in Sembiran Balinese', in Sonja Riesberg, Asako Shiohara and Atsuko Utsumi (ed.), Perspectives on information structure in Austronesian languages, Language Science Press, Berlin, pp. 139-176.
- Arka, I Wayan, Pratiwi, D & Shiohara, A 2018, 'On the situated socio-cultural meaning of benefactives in Balinese', Linguistik Indonesia, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 117-128.
- Evans, N, Arka, I W, Carroll, M et al 2018, 'The languages of Southern New Guinea', in Bill Palmer (ed.), The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide, De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin, Germany, pp. 641-774.
- Arka, I Wayan 2017, 'The core-oblique distinction in some Austronesian languages of Indonesia and beyond', Linguistik Indonesia, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 100-142.
- Arka, I Wayan & Dalrymple, M 2017, 'Nominal, pronominal, and verbal number in Balinese', Linguistic Typology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 261-331.
- Pratiwi, D, Arka, I W & Shiohara, A 2017, 'Developing the Social Cognition Parallax Interview Corpus (Scopic) for Balinese: Issues, challenges and prospects', 8th International Conference on Austronesian and non-Austronesian languages and linterature, ed. Nengah Sudipa et al, Udayana University Press, Denpasar, pp. 143-150pp.
- Hisa, L, Mahuze, A & Arka, I W 2017, 'Dokumentasi etnobotani-linguistik tumbuhan sagu: laboran awal dari etnis marori di taman nasional wasur Merauke [The ethnobotanical-linguistic documentation of Sago: a preliminary report from Merauke]', Linguistik Indonesia, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 185-200pp.
- Sosiowati, G, Widiastuti, N & Arka, I Wayan 2017, 'Constructing identity and language vitality of minority language: evidence from Loloan-Malay', Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Austronesian and Non Austronesian languages and cultures, ed. I Nengah Sudipa, Udayana University Press, Badung, pp. 273-282pp.
- Arka, I Wayan 2016, Bahasa Rongga: deskripsi, tipologi dan teori, Penerbit Universitas Atma Jaya, Jakarta.
- Arka, I Wayan 2016, 'Externally and internally headed relative clauses in Marori', HeadLex- Joint 2016 Conference on Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Lexical Functional Grammar, ed. Doug Arnold, Miriam Butt, Berthold Crysmann, Tracy Holloway-King, Stefan Muller, CSLI Publications, California, pp. 23-42.
- Arka, I Wayan 2016, 'Information structure and its morphosyntactic resources in Marori', International Workshop on information structure of the Austronesian languages, ed. Atsuko Utsumi & Asako Shiohara, (ILCAA) Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 73-89 pp..
- Arka, I Wayan & Dalrymple, M 2016, 'Number and plural semantics: Empirical evidence from Marori', NUSA: Linguistic studies of languages in and around Indonesia, vol. 60, pp. 89-106.
- Arka, I Wayan & Yannuar, N 2016, 'On the morphosyntax and pragmatics of -in in Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian', Indonesia and the Malay World, vol. 44, no. 130, pp. 342-364.
- Mahuze, A & Arka, I Wayan, 2016, 'Etnolinguistik, etnomedis dan dokumentasi bahasa: laporan awal dari Merauke (Etholinguistics, ethnomedicine, and language documentation: a preliminary report from Merauke)', KIMLI 2016 (Kongres Internasional Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia), ed. Katharina Endriati Sukamto, Masyrakat Linguistik Indonesia and Universitas Udayana, Denpasar, Indonesia, pp. 44-49 pp.
- Sumitri, N & Arka, I Wayan. 2016, 'Ritual Language and Traditional Power in Rongga', KIMLI 2016 (Kongres Internasional Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia), ed. Katharina Endriati Sukamto, Masyrakat Linguistik Indonesia and Universitas Udayana, Denpasar, Indonesia, pp. 669-674.
- Sumitri, N & I Wayan Arka 2016, 'Ritual tumpek dalam kehidupan masyarakat Bali (The Tumpek ritual in Balinese Society)', National Conference on Language and Culture, ed. I Ketut Sudewa and I Wayan Teguh, Udayana University Press, Bali, Indonesia, pp. 165-182.
- Arka, I Wayan 2015, 'Constructed middles in Marori: an LFG analysis', Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) 2015 Conference, ed. Miriam Butt and Tracy Holloway King, CLSI publications, Stanford, pp. 5-25.
- Arka, I Wayan 2015, 'On the Dynamics of Glocalisation and Minority Language Conservation in Contemporary Indonesia', International Conference on Language, Culture and Society, ed. Obing Katubi, LIPI Press, Jakarta, pp. 1-10.
- Arka, I Wayan, Seri Malini, N & Puspani, I, eds, 2015, Language documentation and cultural practices in the Austronesian world: papers from 12-ICAL, Asia-Pacific Linguistics, Canberra, Australia.
- Ross, Malcolm & Arka, I Wayan, eds, 2015, Language change in Austronesian languages.Papers from 12-ICAL, Volume 3, Asia-Pacific Linguistics, Canberra, Australia.
- Arka, I Wayan & Indrawati, N, eds, 2014, Argument realisations and related constructions in Austronesian languages: papers from 12-ICAL, Asia-Pacific Linguistics, Canberra Australia.
- Arka, I Wayan & Wouk, F 2014, 'Voice-related constructions in the Austronesian languages of Flores', in W Arka, N Indrawati (ed.), Argument realisations and related constructions in Austronesian languages: papers from 12-ICAL, Asia-Pacific Linguistics, Canberra Australia, pp. 313-333.
- Arka, I Wayan 2014, 'Computational implementation of crossed control structures in Indonesian', in I sudipa, G Primahadi-Wijaya-R (ed.), Cahaya Bahasa:a festschrift in honour of Prof. Sutjaja, Swasta Nulus, Denpasar, Bali, pp. 21-27.
- Arka, I Wayan 2014, 'Double and backward control in Indonesian: an LFG analysis', Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) Conference 2014, ed. M Butt, T King, CLSI publications, Michigan, pp. 26-46.
- Arka, I Wayan 2014, 'Locatives and the argument-adjunct distinction in Balinese', Linguistic Discovery, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 56-84.
- Arka, I Wayan 2013, 'Language management and minority language maintenance in (eastern) Indonesia: strategic issues', Language Documentation and Conservation, vol. 7, no. 2013, pp. 74-105.
- Arka, I Wayan 2013, 'Nominal aspect in Marori', The 18th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference (LFG13), ed. Miriam Butt and Tracy Holloway King, CSLI Publications, Stanford, USA, pp. 27-47.
- Arka, I Wayan 2013, 'Nonverbal predicates in Austronesian and Papuan languages: an LFG perspective', 6th International Seminar on Austronesian and Non Austronesian Languages and Literatures, ed. Ida Bagus Putra Yadnya, Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia, pp. 30-46.
- Arka, I Wayan 2013, 'On the typology and syntax of TAM in Indonesian', NUSA: Linguistic studies of languages in and around Indonesia, vol. 55, no. September 2013, pp. 23-40.
- Sulger, S, Butt, M, Holloway King, T Arka I W et al 2013, 'ParGramBank: The ParGram Parallel Treebank', Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, ed. Hinrich Schuetze, OmniPress, Madison, USA, pp. 550-561.
- Sumitri, Ni Wayan & Arka, I Wayan 2013, 'The ritual folklore of Vera from Flores: a present window to the past and future', in S. Endraswara, Pujiharto, Y.Y. Taum, A. Widayat, E. Santosa (ed.), Folklor dan Folklife dalam Kehidupan Dunia Modern: Kesatuan dan Keberagaman, Penerbit Ombak, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, pp. 727-738.
- Arka, I Wayan 2012, Kamus Bahasa Rongga-Indonesia: dengan Pelacak Kata Bahasa Indonesia-Rongga, Penerbit Universitas Atma Jaya, Jakarta Indonesia.
- Arka, I Wayan 2012, 'Developing a Deep Grammar of Indonesian within the ParGram Framework: Theoretical and Implementational Challenges', International Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation 2012, ed. Min-Yen Kan, Conference Organising Committee, Indonesia, pp. 19-38.
- Arka, I Wayan 2012, 'Issues in crossed control constructions in Indonesian and their computational implementation', ParGram Meeting, Unpublished, Bali.
- Arka, I Wayan 2012, 'Projecting Morphology and Agreement in Marori, an isolate of Southern New Guinea', in Nicholas Evans and Marian Klamer (ed.), Melanesian Languages on the Edge of Asia: Challenges for the 21st Century, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu Hawaii, pp. 150-173.
- Arka, I Wayan 2012, 'Verbal number, argument number and plural events in Marori', International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference (LFG 2012), ed. Butt and King, CSU publications, Ventura Hall, Stanford University USA, USA, Stanford University.
- Mistica, M, Baldwin, T & Arka, I W 2012, 'Word Classes in Indonesian: A Linguistic Reality or a Convenient Fallacy in Natural Language Processing?', Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation 2011, ed. Hong Gao and Dong, ACL Anthology, Singapore, pp. 293-302.
- Arka, I Wayan 2011, Stories From Rongga, Ledalero, Maumere.
- Arka, I Wayan 2011, 'Constructive Number Systems in Marori and Beyond', LFG11 Conference, ed. Miriam Butt, Tracy Holloway King, CSLI Publications, Stanford USA, pp. 4-23.
- Arka, I Wayan 2011, 'Kompleksitas Pemertahanan Dan Revitalisasi Bahasa Minoritas Di Indonesia: Pengalaman Proyek Dokumentasi Rongga, Flores (Complexity of language retention and revitalization of Minorities In Indonesia: Experiences cavity Documentation Project, Flores)', Masyarakat Indonesia: Majalah Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial Indonesia, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 33-53.
- Arka, I Wayan 2011, 'On modality and finiteness in Indonesian: complexities of =nya nominalisation', International Workshop on TAM and Evidentiality in Indonesian Languages, ed. Asako Shiohara, Anthony Jukes, Atsuko Utsumi, Antonia Soriente,, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo Japan, pp. 73-89.
- Arka, I Wayan, Seda, F, Gelang, A et al 2011, A Rongga-English Dictionary with English-Rongga Finderlist, Penerbit Universitas Atma Jaya, Jakarta Indonesia.
- Arka, I Wayan 2010, 'Dynamic and stative passives in Indonesian and their computational implementation', The 4th International Malindo Workshop, ed. Mirna Adriani, National University of Singapore, Indonesia, pp. 2-4.
- Arka, I Wayan 2010, 'Numerals in Rongga', in John Bowden, Nikolaus P Himmelmann and Malcolm Ross (ed.), A journey through Austronesian and Papuan linguistic and cultural space: Papers in honour of Andrew Pawley, Pacific Linguistics, Canberra, ACT, pp. 319-332.
- Arka, I Wayan, Dalrymple, M, Mistica, M et al 2009, 'A linguistic and computational morphosyntactic analysis for the applicative -I in Indonesian', International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference (LFG 2009), ed. Miriam Butt, Tracy Holloway King, CSLI Publications, United States, pp. 85-105.
- Arka, I Wayan & Simpson, J 2008, 'Objective Voice and Control into Subject Clauses in Balinese', in Peter K. Austin and Simon Musgrave (ed.), Voice and Grammatical Relations in Austronesian Languages, CSLI Publications, Stanford, pp. 90-127.
- Arka, I Wayan & Nyoman, S 2009, 'Diglosia, Kontak Bahasa, dan Bahasa Minoritas: Sebuah Studi Awal Kata Serapan dalam Bahasa Rongga (Diglossia, language contact, and minority languages: a preliminary study of loan words in Rongga)', Linguistik Indonesia, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 131-143.
- Arka, I Wayan 2009, 'Maintaining Vera in Rongga: Struggles over culture, tradition, and language in modern Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia', in Margaret Florey (ed.), Endangered Languages of Austronesia, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 90-109.
- Arka, I Wayan 2009, 'On the zero (voice) prefix and bare verbs in Austronesian languages of Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia', in Bethwyn Evans (ed.), Discovering history through language: papers in honour of Malcolm Ross, Pacific Linguistics, Canberra Australia, pp. 247-270.
- Arka, I Wayan, Mahendran, R & Manurung, R 2009, 'A Two-Level Morphological Analyser for the Indonesian Language', Australasian Language Technology Association Workshop (ALTA 2008), ed. D. Powers and N. Stokes, Australasian Language Technology Association, Australia, pp. 142-150.
- Mistica, M, Andrews, A, Arka, I W et al 2009, 'Double Double, Morphology and Trouble: Looking into Reduplication in Indonesian', Australasian Language Technology Association Workshop (ALTA 2009), ed. Luiz Pizzato and Rolf Schwitter, Australasian Language Technology Association, Sydney, pp. 44-52.
- Arka, I & Simpson, J 2008, 'Objective Voice and Control into Subject Clauses in Balinese', in Peter K. Austin and Simon Musgrave (ed.), Voice and Grammatical Relations in Austronesian Languages, CSLI Publications, Stanford, pp. 90-127.
- Arka, I Wayan & Manning, C 2008, 'Voice and grammatical relations in Indonesian: A new perspective', in Peter K. Austin and Simon Musgrave (ed.), Voice and Grammatical Relations in Austronesian Languages, CSLI Publications, Stanford, pp. 45-69.
- Arka, I Wayan 2008, 'Classifiers in Rongga', Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures, vol. 18, pp. 1-17.
- Arka, I Wayan 2008, 'Voice and Being Core: Evidence from (Eastern) Indonesian Languages', in Peter K. Austin and Simon Musgrave (ed.), Voice and Grammatical Relations in Austronesian Languages, CSLI Publications, Stanford, pp. 183-227.
- Arka, I Wayan 2008, 'Voice and the Syntax of =a/-a Verbs in Balinese', in Peter K. Austin and Simon Musgrave (ed.), Voice and Grammatical Relations in Austronesian Languages, CSLI Publications, Stanford, pp. 70-89.
- Arka, I Wayan 2007, 'Local autonomy, local capacity building and support for minority languages: Field experiences from Indonesia', in D Victoria Rau and Margaret Florey (ed.), Documenting and Revitalizing Austronesian Languages, University of Hawaii Press, Manoa, pp. 66-92.
- Arka, I Wayan 2006, 'Balinese', in Keith Brown (ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd ed), Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 654-657.
- Arka, I Wayan & Kosmas, J 2005, 'Passive without passive morphology? Evidence from Manggarai', in I Wayan Arka and Malcolm Ross (ed.), The many faces of Austronesian voice systems: some new empirical studies, Pacific Linguistics, RPAS, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 87-117.
- Arka, I Wayan & Ross, M 2005, 'Introduction [The many faces of Austronesian voice systems: some new empirical studies]', in I Wayan Arka and Malcolm Ross (ed.), The many faces of Austronesian voice systems: some new empirical studies, Pacific Linguistics, RPAS, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 1-15.
- Arka, I Wayan 2005, 'Challenges and Prospect of Maintaining Rongga: an Ethnographic Report', Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 2004, ed. I Mushin, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia, p. 19.
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Projects and Grants
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- Enggano in the Austronesian Family: Historical and Typological Perspectives (Primary Investigator)
- The Endangered Papuan Languages of Merauke-Indonesia: ethnobiological and linguistic documentation (Primary Investigator)
- Equipment and facilities upgrade for Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (Secondary Investigator)
- The Languages of Southern New Guinea, an unexplored Linguistic Hotspot (Secondary Investigator)
- Understanding Indonesian: developing a machine-usable grammar, dictionary and corpus (Secondary Investigator)