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16-711: Wurm (1975) placed it as an independent branch of Trans–New Guinea , but Ross (2005) could not find enough evidence to classify it. Søren Wichmann (2018) tentatively considers it to be a language isolate , as does Foley (2018). Usher (2020) tentatively suggests it may be a Pauwasi language . Molof has a small consonant inventory, but a large one for vowels. Molof consonants, quoted by Foley (2018) from Donohue (n.d.): Molof vowels (8 total), quoted by Foley (2018) from Donohue (n.d.): Basic vocabulary of Molof from Rumaropen (2005), quoted in Foley (2018): The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1971, 1975), as cited in

32-581: A Fellowship of over 730 of the most influential humanities researchers and practitioners in, or associated, with Australia. The post-nominal abbreviation for a Fellow of the Academy is FAHA . The following twelve disciplines serve as the Fellowship's electoral sections: Election to the Academy takes place at the Annual general meeting , following nomination by Council on the advice of the eleven electoral sections. At

48-650: A post in the Anthropology Department at the University of Sydney . In 1957, the Wurms moved to Canberra , where Stephen took up a post as Senior Fellow within the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS, now Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs ) at the new Australian National University (ANU). The same year, the Wurms received Australian citizenship . From then on, the main focus of Wurm's research

64-1104: A year. A Canberra-based Secretariat is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Academy. In February 2023 Inga Davis succeeded Christina Parolin as executive director. President: Professor Stephen Garton AM FAHA FRAHS FASSA FRSN (elected November 2020) Vice-President & Honorary Secretary: Professor Emerita Elizabeth Minchin FAHA International Secretary: Professor Emeritus Joseph Lo Bianco AM FAHA Treasurer: Professor Chris Hilliard FAHA Editor: Professor Louise Edwards FAHA FASSA FHKAH Immediate Past President: Professor Lesley Head FAHA FASSA Members: Emeritus Professor Fred D'Agostino FAHA, Professor Susan Dodds FAHA, Professor Victoria Haskins FAHA, Professor Joanne Tompkins FAHA, Associate Professor Sarah Collins FAHA The Academy comprises

80-484: The 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours , for "service to education, particularly in the field of linguistics". In tribute to the scholarship of the man, the journal Oceanic Linguistics titled an article on Wurm "Linguist Extraordinaire". In recognition of Wurm's outstanding contribution, the Stephen Wurm Graduate Prize for Pacific Linguistic Studies was inaugurated in 2008. Australian Academy of

96-516: The University of Vienna until 1951. After reading some works by Sidney Herbert Ray , Wurm became interested in Papuan languages and began a correspondence with Arthur Capell , a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Sydney . Wurm began teaching himself Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu from books and took up a position in London. In 1954, the Wurms moved to Australia, where Capell had organised for Wurm

112-501: The AHRC executive of the changing functions of the Council led in 1967 to the proposal of establishing an Academy. Royal consent was granted to the petition on 25 June 1969, and Letters Patent issued, constituting the Academy from that date. The Academy's Foundation Fellows were the members the AHRC. The highest distinction in scholarship in the humanities was required of candidates for election to

128-581: The Fellowship of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. The first intake comprising sixteen Fellows (including Geoffrey Blainey , Kenneth Inglis , John Mulvaney , David Monro, Franz Philipp, Saiyid Rizvi , Oskar Spate and Judith Wright ) and one Honorary Fellow ( J. C. Beaglehole ) were elected by the fifty-one Foundation Fellows at a Special General Meeting on 20–21 September 1969. Annual elections have taken place since that time. For an account of

144-728: The Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australian Government. The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969. Its antecedent was the Australian Humanities Research Council (AHRC) , which

160-628: The Trans-New Guinea database: Stephen Wurm Stephen Adolphe Wurm AM FASSA FAHA ( Hungarian : Wurm István Adolf , pronounced [ˈvurm ˈiʃtvaːn ˈɒdolf] ; 19 August 1922 – 24 October 2001) was a Hungarian -born Australian linguist . Wurm was born in Budapest , the second child to the German -speaking Adolphe Wurm and the Hungarian -speaking Anna Novroczky. He

176-766: The date of the grant of the Royal Charter establishing the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1969, there were 51 Members of the AHRC who became the Foundation Fellows of the new Academy. An asterisk denotes a Fellow who was also a Foundation Member of the AHRC. There are four other Learned Academies in Australia: the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA),

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192-420: The debates and efforts that led to the establishment of the Academy, see Graeme Davison FAHA's article in the inaugural edition of Humanities Australia : 'Phoenix Rising: The Academy and the Humanities in 1969'. The Academy is governed by a Council of leaders in the humanities, elected from among its Fellows, who provide strategic direction, policy guidance, and management oversight. The Council meets four times

208-606: The nationality of either of his parent or of his country of residence, Austria . That enabled him to avoid military service and attend university. He studied Turkic languages at the Oriental Institute in Vienna, receiving his doctorate in linguistics and social anthropology in 1944 for a dissertation on Uzbek . In 1946, he married fellow student Helen Groger-Wurm , a specialist in African ethnography. He taught Altaic linguistics at

224-525: Was christened Istvan Adolphe Wurm . His father died before Stephen was born. Both of his parents were multilingual, and Wurm showed an interest in languages from an early age. Attending school in Vienna and travelling to all parts of Europe during his childhood, Wurm spoke roughly nine languages by the time he reached adulthood, a gift he inherited from his father, who spoke 17. Wurm went on to master at least 50 languages. Wurm grew up stateless , unable to take

240-576: Was convened informally in 1954 through the combined efforts of Brian R. Elliott and Professor A. N. Jeffares , who organised preliminary meetings in Melbourne of delegates drawn from the Faculties of Arts in Australian universities. The AHRC was a positive force in education and scholarship, and its activities gradually evolved, especially in its support for national projects in the humanities. Recognition among

256-545: Was the study of the languages of New Guinea , but he also carried out research on a number of Australian Aboriginal languages . At the Australian National University , he was Professor of Linguistics from 1968 to 1987. Wurm was elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 1976 and of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1977. He was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in

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