Research
At present, most of my research work focusses on a project whose goal is to produce a comprehensive monograph, written in English, on the historical phonology of Hungarian. Currently my colleagues and I work on issues pertaining to Old and Middle Hungarian phonological changes in the broad sense. These include the emergence of labial harmony, vowel lengthenings, the replacement of non-sibilant fricatives by vocalic elements, and consonantal metathesis. We are particularly interested in whether the life cycle of these changes shows features that are in harmony or in conflict with current theories of phonologisation.
I also do some research on the phonology and morphology of Classical Latin as well as on the history of linguistics, in both fields continuing work I did earlier on a larger scale.
Recent presentations:
The emergence of labial harmony in Old Hungarian: A Government Phonology analysis. International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian, Graz, 2023 (with Krisztina Polgárdi, Beatrix Oszkó and Zsuzsa Várnai)
Can the direction of harmony change over time? A case study from Hungarian. Government Phonology Round Table, Ljubljana, 2023 (with Krisztina Polgárdi, Beatrix Oszkó and Zsuzsa Várnai)
On the phonological structure of verb forms. 22nd International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Prague, 2023
Front rounded vowels and rounding harmony in Hungarian. Fonologi i Norden 2023, Kaunas/online, 2023 (with Beatrix Oszkó and Zsuzsa Várnai)
Vowel lengthening in an areal perspective. HUSSE 16 Conference, Miskolc, 2023
Sound patterns, frequency and predictability in verbal inflection. 20th International Morphology Meeting, Budapest, 2022
Frequency patterns and predictability in Latin inflectional morphology. 21st International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, Santiago de Compostela, 2022
The full list of my presentations and publications is here.