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Dr Dwi Noverini Djenar

PhD (University of Melbourne), MA (La Trobe University), Dra (Gajah Mada University) (Cum Laude), Dip Ed (University of Melbourne)
Senior Lecturer, Chair of Department

A18 - Brennan MacCallum Building
The University of Sydney

Telephone +61 2 9036 9512

Biographical details

Novi Djenar joined The University of Sydney in 2009. Prior to this she was the co-ordinator of Indonesian at La Trobe University and the vice-convenor of the Indonesian community radio (Radio Kita) in Melbourne. Novi has published in the area of Indonesian grammar, the semantics of prepositions, person reference, and the stylistics of youth fiction. Her current research interests are in topics related semantic, pragmatic, and discourse approaches to linguistic style and identity, youth languages, and stylistic representations of adolescence in literature.

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Research interests

  • Youth language
  • Stylistics of adolescent fiction
  • Conversational narrative
  • Person-reference
  • Indonesian popular literature

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Teaching and supervision

Teaching Areas

  • All levels of Indonesian

Research Areas

  • Indonesian language
  • Youth in literature
  • Youth language and style
  • Narrative of place
  • Person reference

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Current projects

  • een style and intersubjectivity in Indonesian adolescent fiction.
  • Use-based grammar of Indonesian, with Dr Umar Muslim (University of Indonesia), Mr Nazarudin (University of Indonesia), Dr Michael Ewing (University of Melbourne), and Dr Katharina Sukamto (Atma Jaya Catholic University).

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Associations

  • Member of the Editorial Board, journal Linguistik Indonesia (published by the Indonesian Linguistic Society)
  • Specialist Vetter, LOTE Indonesian First Language, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Melbourne.
  • Member of the Language and Identity Research Network, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, the University of Sydney
  • Member of Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), UK
  • Member of the Australian Linguistic Society

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Selected publications

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Books

  • Djenar, D. (2007). Semantic, pragmatic and discourse perspectives of preposition use: a study of Indonesian locatives. Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.

Book Chapters

  • Djenar, D. (2012). Deixis, Point of View, and Empathy. In Bahren Umar Siergar, P. Ari Subagyo, Yassir Nasanius (Eds.), Dari Menapak Jejak Kata sampai Menyigi Tata Bahasa: Persembahan untuk Prof. Dr. Bambang Kaswanti Purwo dalam Rangka Ulang tahunnya yang ke-60, (pp. 93-114). Jakarta: Pusat Kajian Bahasa dan Budaya Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.
  • Djenar, D. (2012). What's in a Name?: Referring to the President in the Indonesian Media. In Keith Foulcher, Mikihiro Moriyama and Manneke Budiman (Eds.), Words in Motion: Language and Discourse in Post-New Order Indonesia, (pp. 234-256). Singapore: NUS (National University of Singapore) Press.

Journals

  • Djenar, D. (2012). Almost unbridled: Indonesian youth language and its critics. South East Asia Research, 20(1), 35-51.
  • Djenar, D. (2010). Reliable words: Third person pronouns in Indonesian News Reports. Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 12(2), 269-294.
  • Djenar, D. (2009). Review of Ab Massier's "The voice of law in transition: Indonesian jurists and their languages, 1915-2000". Bijdragen Tot de Taal-Land-en Volkenkunde, 165(1), 140-143.
  • Djenar, D. (2008). On the development of a colloquial writing style: Examining the language of Indonesian teen literature. Bijdragen Tot de Taal-Land-en Volkenkunde, 164(2-3), 238-268.
  • Djenar, D. (2008). Which self? Pronominal choice, modernity, and self-categorizations. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 189(1), 31-54.
  • Djenar, D. (2007). Self-Reference and its Variation in Indonesian. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 4(Supplement 1), 23-40.
  • Djenar, D. (2006). On the Multifunctionality of Compound Prepositions in Indonesian. Oceanic Linguistics, 45(2), 404-428.
  • Djenar, D. (2006). Patterns and variation of address terms in colloquial Indonesian. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 29(2), 22.1-22.16.

2012

  • Djenar, D. (2012). Almost unbridled: Indonesian youth language and its critics. South East Asia Research, 20(1), 35-51.
  • Djenar, D. (2012). Deixis, Point of View, and Empathy. In Bahren Umar Siergar, P. Ari Subagyo, Yassir Nasanius (Eds.), Dari Menapak Jejak Kata sampai Menyigi Tata Bahasa: Persembahan untuk Prof. Dr. Bambang Kaswanti Purwo dalam Rangka Ulang tahunnya yang ke-60, (pp. 93-114). Jakarta: Pusat Kajian Bahasa dan Budaya Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.
  • Djenar, D. (2012). What's in a Name?: Referring to the President in the Indonesian Media. In Keith Foulcher, Mikihiro Moriyama and Manneke Budiman (Eds.), Words in Motion: Language and Discourse in Post-New Order Indonesia, (pp. 234-256). Singapore: NUS (National University of Singapore) Press.

2010

  • Djenar, D. (2010). Reliable words: Third person pronouns in Indonesian News Reports. Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 12(2), 269-294.

2009

  • Djenar, D. (2009). Review of Ab Massier's "The voice of law in transition: Indonesian jurists and their languages, 1915-2000". Bijdragen Tot de Taal-Land-en Volkenkunde, 165(1), 140-143.

2008

  • Djenar, D. (2008). On the development of a colloquial writing style: Examining the language of Indonesian teen literature. Bijdragen Tot de Taal-Land-en Volkenkunde, 164(2-3), 238-268.
  • Djenar, D. (2008). Which self? Pronominal choice, modernity, and self-categorizations. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 189(1), 31-54.

2007

  • Djenar, D. (2007). Self-Reference and its Variation in Indonesian. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 4(Supplement 1), 23-40.
  • Djenar, D. (2007). Semantic, pragmatic and discourse perspectives of preposition use: a study of Indonesian locatives. Australia: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.

2006

  • Djenar, D. (2006). On the Multifunctionality of Compound Prepositions in Indonesian. Oceanic Linguistics, 45(2), 404-428.
  • Djenar, D. (2006). Patterns and variation of address terms in colloquial Indonesian. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 29(2), 22.1-22.16.
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