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Contact
Smith Building 302
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
About Me
I am a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics at UNC Chapel Hill.
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My research focuses on endangered and understudied languages. I work primarily on Copala Triqui, a Mesoamerican language of the Oto-Manguean language family that originated in Oaxaca, and now has a large diaspora community residing in Albany, NY. I also currently have projects working on Brazilian Portuguese, Malawian CiTonga (Bantu), and Ch'ol (Mayan).
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My research interests include phonology, the syntax-phonology interface, tonosyntax and grammatical tone, language documentation, diaspora linguistics, and computational/quantitative methods in linguistics.
Recent & Upcoming
Community Presentation
May 2 2023
Indigenous Languages: What They Are and Why They Matter
UNC Research Cafe - TRU Deli & Wine
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Conference Presentations
April 20-22, 2023
La (in)previsibilidad del tono gramatical en el triqui bajo
Congreso sobre Lenguas Otomangues y Vecinas IX (COLOV IX)
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Uso de idiomas por hablantes de triqui bajo en los Estados Unidos
With Lauren Clemens