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Research and Interests

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I am a phonologist who investigates Langauge from as many perspectives as possible. There are two primary veins to my resarch. The first and most expansive is analytical morphophonology. The second category is experimental work on speech perception and processing.

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Analytical Morphophonology

My dissertation work includes collecting a broad typological survey of the behavior of tone in reduplication.If you have any data to share or suggestions for languages to look at, please contact me. A full list of languages currently included in the project can be found at the link below.

As I typically focus on underrepresented languages, fieldwork is an important aspect in my research. Most of my work has focused on Tz'utujil, a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala.

My work on Tz'utujil has included topics such as the phonetics and phonology of glottalized stops, vowel syncope, morphological vowel length, and child language acquisition.

 

I am currently working on an NSF funded project with researchers at Georgetown University documenting and analyzing Awutu (Kwa), spoken in Ghana.

Speech Perception

I am interested in the effect of context on speech perception, with context including things such as:

  • language background

  • morphological context

  • phonotactics​

  • background noise

  • allophony

  • previous exposure (adaptation)

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