Articles
Is phonetic erosion a phonological process? Submitted (manuscript available on request)
Parameter Systems and Diachronic Change in Nominal Structures: The Case of Latin. In prep. With Cristina Gaurdiano
Edited volumes
All Data is Bad Data. The Naxos Papers, Volume II. Accepted
Theses
Parametric Comparison of Classical and Late Latin (2023). MRes Thesis. University of York [view]
2026
What historical patterns can(not) tell us about cognitive biases in grammar acquisition. Concordia University, Centre for Cognitive Science and Linguistics. Montreal, 29th January.
Exploring the utility of algebraic lattices in modelling syllable structure. Workshop on Logical Phonology. New York, 23rd January. [handout]
2025
What is language change? Concordia University, Department of Classics, Modern Languages, and Linguistics. Montreal, 15th May.
Is ‘erosion’ causal. A case study in Romance determiners. York University, Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics. Toronto, 1st May.
2026
Phonologising 'phonetic erosion': the daughters of Latin ille. The Old World Conference in Phonology. Cambridge. 14th – 16th January. Poster presentation
2025
The fates of Latin ille: a tale of phonology and syntax. The Edinburgh Symposium in Historical Phonology. 1st – 2nd December. Poster presentation.
It’s not historical: A Logical Phonological analysis of the Scottish Vowel Length Rule. The Edinburgh Symposium in Historical Phonology. 1st – 2nd December. Poster presentation. With Hardie-Lawrence, N.
The Myth of Phonetic Erosion: Grammaticalisation, Causality, Phonology and Syntax. International Conference of Historical Linguistics. Santiago, 18th - 23rd August. With Patrick Honeybone.
The noun on the move: Rethinking N-raising from Latin to Modern Italian. Diachronic Generative Syntax. Oxford, 23rd – 26th June. Poster presentation. With Bertollo, S. Crisma, P., Gaurdiano, C., Hicks, F., Madaro, R., Sanfelici, E., Silvestri, G
Is ‘phonetic erosion’ a phonological concept? Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference. Edinburgh, 4th – 6th June.
Is ‘phonetic erosion’ a phonological concept? Manchester Phonology Meeting. Manchester, 29th – 31st May. Poster presentation.
‘Phonetic erosion': metalanguage and causality. North American Phonology Conference. Montreal, 9th – 10th May
2024
All Data is Bad Data: The Role of Historical Data in Syntax and Phonology. Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Society of Great Britain. Newcastle, 28th – 30th August
All Data is Bad Data: Modelling Grammar from Learner to Linguist. 79th Language Lunch, Edinburgh, 4th April. Poster presentation.
2023
Using the Parametric Comparison Method: A Case Study in Latin. Lancaster Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference. 30th June
2021
An Examination of Third Person Singular Pronoun Usage in Written English by Native Cantonese Speakers. International Conference of Undergraduate Research, online 28th – 29th September
2026
Addressing the problem of referring to absence in open syllables. Phonetics/Phonology Workshop, University of Edinburgh, 6th February. [handout]
2025
Syntactic inertia and its issues: a case study in grammaticalisation. Meaning and Grammar Research Group, University of Edinburgh, 11th November
Exploring the notion of 'historical process' within the generative framework. Eastern Generative Grammar Open Podium, University of Zagreb, 6th August. [handout]
Is ‘phonetic erosion’ a phonological concept: an exploration of the nature of phonological processes and causality of change. Phonetics/Phonology Workshop, University of Edinburgh, 4th April
Grammaticalisation, Reduction, and Erosion: A Case Study in Causality. Angus McIntosh Centre Catchup Session, University of Edinburgh, 5th March
2024
All Data is Bad Data: The Role of Historical Data in Syntax and Phonology. Angus McIntosh Centre Catchup Session, University of Edinburgh, 21st August
All Data is Bad Data: The Role of Historical Data in Syntax and Phonology. Naxos Summer School on Diachronic Linguistics, Naxos, 25th – 31st July