I'm a third-year PhD student of Linguistics at Boston University. I'm curious about the manner and extent to which languages vary from one another, especially in their morphosyntax. This year, I'm taking classes on quantitative methods, experimental pragmatics and Romance linguistics. I'm writing my second qualifying paper with Liz Coppock on the semantics of polydefiniteness. These are quirky-looking structures like 'the blue the car the nice' (yes, this exists). 

• What do I study?

There are two main questions that my research focuses on.

(i) What is the span of  broad generalizations on the syntax of world's languages and what are the domains to which they apply? I investigate this question by extending our generalizations to lesser-studied languages, and see if they hold. 

(ii) How are qualitatively different grammatical representations (form, sound and meaning) brought together? I investigate this question by building small fragments of derivations of different phenomena. To achieve that, most of my work is so far rooted in Distributed Morphology.

• How do I study it?

Typological and comparative studies can reveal key elements of what may (not) be grammatical, therefore straightly informing our understanding of how grammar works. Fieldwork and empirical methods are key to exploring the intricate nature of language.  To that end, I'm a member of the SULa Lab. 

In my free time I maintain a Facebook (Meta?) page that popularizes general linguistics. I also broadly enjoy board games, broad games, bored games, puns, and playing geoguesser.