My research focuses on phonology and morphophonology in languages with morphologically-triggered initial mutation (e.g. Celtic languages). In general I am interested in the constraints on how the properties of morphophonological rules and representations can be structured in the lexicon, and how speech perception and production are both affected by and reflective of these structures. I also examine how these differ from purely phonologically-driven rules and representations. I approach this work via theoretical/analytical and experimental psycholinguistic methods.
My advisors at Maryland are Bill Idsardi and Kate Mooney.