How free is free?: word order in Australian Indigenous languages

这个项目旨在解决我们所说的语言的语法结构如何塑造我们计划和解释句子的方式这一根本问题。该项目将使用创新的方法来调查三种澳大利亚土著语言的语言产生和理解，这些语言具有异常自由的词序，句子中的单词可以以多种方式变化，而不会改变整体意义。预期成果包括对语言结构和人类认知之间关系的新认识，对三种土著语言的语法结构及其与其他语言的不同之处的更深入的了解，以及对土著语言的维护和教育的重要贡献。

This project aims to address the fundamental issue of how the grammatical structure of the language we speak shapes the way we plan and interpret sentences. The project will use innovative methodologies to investigate language production and comprehension in three Australian Indigenous languages that have unusually free word order, where the words in a sentence can be varied in multiple ways without changing the overall meaning. Expected outcomes include new knowledge of the relationship between language structure and human cognition, a deeper understanding of the grammatical structure of three Indigenous languages and how they differ from other languages, and important contributions to Indigenous language maintenance and education.