Papers and conference presentations
This lists only papers that are available on the web, from newest to oldest within each section.Tetun Dili
Published articles
Unpublished articles
Conference presentations
TEDx Dili presentation and professorial address
Other Timorese languages
Language maps
Translation
Language teaching
Timor (surnames, adventure tourism, 1999 referendum)
Articles on Tetun Dili
Published articles on Tetun
da Silva, Justino & Cesaltina Martins
2018, Slang in Tetun Dili. Download
conference paper.
2020, Jiria: Ne'e U! Download.
2020, Identifying a person’s origin through their pronunciation of Tetun Dili: Who can do it?
Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina.
2017, Metáfora Tetun leno ita nia moris [Tetun metaphors we live by]. Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina, & John Hajek2018, Mixing numeral systems in
Timor-Leste. Download.
2016, Tetu-gés: Influénsia Portugés ba estrutura Tetun [Tetu-guese: The influence of Portuguese on the structure of Tetun]. Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina, Robert Williams & Helio Brites da Silva2016, Tetun Dili laos Dili nian ona: Tetun nudar lian inan tuir dadus sensus nian [Tetun Dili no longer belongs to Dili: Tetun as mother tongue according to census data]. Download.
Godinho, Margarida Maria dos Santos2014, "Environmentu kapaas!?": Surgimento de falsos amigos em tétum com ar a Português [“Environmentu kapaas!?”: The rise of false friends in Tetun with a Portuguese flavour]. Download.
Ximenes, Abreu, & Catharina Williams-van Klinken2014, Futun ida, satu dolar: Kahur sistema numeru iha lingua Tetun [One bunch, one dollar: Mixing numeral systems in Tetun]. Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina, & Olinda Lucas2014, Konta istoria mos uza regra! Oinsaa mak hatudu ba partisipante ho lian Tetun [Telling stories also uses rules! How to refer to participants in Tetun]. Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina and John Hajek, 2006Patterns of address in Dili Tetum, East Timor. Download
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina2004-2006, Mai ita koalia Tetun [Let’s speak Tetun]. Column on front page of newspaper Suara Timor Lorosa’e (total 143 articles, 1/6/04 – 25/5/06) Download.
2002, High registers of Tetun Dili: Portuguese press and purist priests. Download
Unpublished articles on Tetun
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina2007, Spelling options in Tetun Dili: Awareness of 'rr' and glottal stop amongst tertiary students. Download.
Conference
presentations on Tetun
2021, Modern poetry in Tetun Dili (plenary). 15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics,
Download Powerpoint. View presentation.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina & Olinda Lucas
2021, Multilingualism in Timor-Leste. Multilingualism, Migration and the Multilingual City.
Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina with Alexandre Fernandes Cham and Marta Cardoso
2021, Tetun language learning for international scholars and students. Pre-Conference Workshop -
Association for Asian Studies. Download.
Ximenes, Abreu
2018, Aspek imperfektif dalam bahasa Tetun Dili. Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina & Olinda Lucas2018, Relative clauses in Tetun Dili: New contact-induced uses for old constructions. Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina2011, Learning
Tetun as a malae.
Download.
2010, Two Tetuns: Language change
before your very eyes. Download.
2009, Haburas no habelar
vokabulariu Tetun. Download.
2007, Is he hot-blooded
or hot
inside? Expression
of
emotion and character in Tetun Dili. Download.
2003, Dezenvolve língua Tetun. Download.
2002, Developing Tetun for an independent East Timor. (Report on developing an electoral glossary.) Download.
TEDx Dili presentation and professorial address
2020, Professorial address on register in Tetun. Tetun text, Oratio Sapientia (as recorded by STL News), English translation.
2017, How a small local language took
over a country. (A talk exploring how Tetun Dili rose to
become the major lingua franca of the eastern half of the island of
Timor.) TEDx Dili. Download.
Other Timorese languages
2021, Kemak dialects in Timor-Leste. 15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics. Download Powerpoint. View presentation.
Correia, Marcelino José
2017, Subject marking on Galolen verbs in Laleia, Manatuto municipality. Download.
dos Santos, Francisca Cecilia X.2018, Does he have sharp eyes or sharp lungs? Expressions of emotion and character in Makasae. Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina2003, Metaphors we judge by: Mediation in Wehali. Download.
2003, Metáfora justisa nian: mediasaun iha Wehali. Download.
2002, The Fehan dialect of Tetun Terik. Download.
Language maps
Mapping the mother tongue in Timor-Leste: Who spoke what where in 2010? Download.
Translation
Writing English for translation to Tetun. Download.
Catharina Williams-van Klinken and Olinda Lucas, 2019
Tradusaun ba lian Tetun. Download.
Language teaching
2020, Code switching in university classrooms in Timor-Leste. Download.
Silva, Martinha Rodrigues Rebelo Santos, Simões, Basília Aurélia, & dos Santos, Estela S., 2020
Akoyt, Melky Fridus Ladis Costa and Luis Ximenes Santos, 2017
Why learn English? A case study of student motivation at Dili Institute of Technology (DIT). Download.
da Conceição, Adelina & Umbelina Cardoso, 2017The effectiveness of using English as a medium of instruction in teaching computer science students at Dili Institute of Technology. Download.
Tuzine, António, 2017Comunicação e ensino de português, língua não-materna: Que desafios para Moçambique e Timor Leste? Download.
Ribeiro, Leoneto da Silva, & Akoyt, Melky Fridus Ladis Costa, 2016Koitadu! Nusaa mak hau la liu fali ezame? [Oh dear! Why didn't I pass the exam?] Download.
Timor
A “timorização” dos apelidos portugueses [The 'Timori-isaton' of Portuguese surnames]. Download.
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina & Rob Williams. 2016Mountain, reef and farm: Adventure travel in Timor-Leste. Download.
Williams, Catharina, 2000Experiences of a district electoral officer in Suai. Download