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Specialization:
Typological, functional, and community-based approaches to phonology, morphology, syntax, historical linguistics, language documentation, lexical semantics, lexicography, language and culture, especially regarding Otomanguean languages spoken in Mexico and California
Education:
2014 Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Bio:
I am an Assistant Professor whose research involves linguistic theory and description informed by diachronic and typological perspectives. I am a field linguist who is interested in all levels of linguistic structure and who approaches language in its social and cultural context, focusing on less-studied languages, especially the Otomanguean languages of Mexico (especially Chatino, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Mè'phàà).
For a more detailed biography of how I became a linguist, see this post from the LINGUIST List's 2015 fund drive.
Projects:
MILPA -- Mexican Indigenous Language Promotion and Advocacy
Talleres de Lenguas Otomangues (2013--)
Inflectional classes
Typology of tone
Play language (ludlings)
A grammar of Zenzontepec Chatino
Comparative reconstruction of proto-Chatino, proto-Zapotecan, and proto-Mixtec
Information structure and grammar