The morpho-phonology of affect; Mapudungun kinship terms then and now
‘Phoneme fluctuation’: Empirical and theoretical limitations
The squib examines the notion of ‘phoneme fluctuation’, used in the SIL tradition of documentation, highlighting a number of empirical and theoretical problems, and arguing for …
Pre-Honours Course
LEL2D — Cross-linguistic variation – limits and theories
I am the main course organiser for LEL2D in Semester 2 of 2025-26 (co-taught with András Bárány and Amalia Skilton)
Prerequisites:
LEL2A
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Honours & MSc Course
Historical Phonology
I am one of the two course organisers for Historical Phonology in 2025-26 (along with Patrick Honeybone)
Prerequisites:
LEL2D, LEL2C
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Mapudungun phonology and morphology
One of my main focuses is the morphological and phonological structure of Mapudungun, a polysynthetic and agglutinating isolate spoken in the Southern Cone.
The diachronic interaction of prosodic structure and morphology
I am interested in the overall diachronic relationship between the parsing of units of meaning and larger domains of sound structure.