Linguistic Interests

Fields-

Theoretical Phonology

In all of its forms. Of particular interest to me are phoneme inventories, implicational universals, markedness, creoles, arial phenomena, and diachronic change. I hope to continue my research into these interrelated topics to gain a better understanding of why we see the synchronic grammars we do.

Field Work & Language Documentation

As a linguist I am in the unique position to engage in field research and assist communities in any way I can in language preservation, revitalization, and documentation During my undergraduate degree I engaged in fieldwork around the New York Metropolitan area in Yiddish, adding much needed modern data to our understanding of the language. In the coming years I hope to assist the Yilan Creole Japanese community in language documentation efforts.

Phonetics-Phonology interface

I believe the phonetic mechanisms underpinning much of the synchronic and diachronic grammar are underexplored. I hope to shed light on these interactions using Articulatory Phonology to close the gap between what we consider phonological and what is phonetic. I am currently investigating how articulatory setting in a given language effects the phonetics and phonology in said language.

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Languages-

English (Native)

Mandarin (Fluent)

Yilan Creole Japanese (Research)

Bashkir & Turkic Languages (Research)

Yiddish (Research)