Research
Research
I am interested in morphophonology and morphosyntax.Â
My research engages with topics such as the learnability of morpho-phonological patterns (e.g., mutation), case (ergativity and case syncretism), suppletion and allomorphy (*ABA generalizations). I have primarily explored these issues through the lens of Tibetan, on which I have conducted fieldwork since 2020.
Along with Cathryn Donohue and M. Y. Priscilla Lam (Leiden University), I was involved in the documentation of two endangered languages: the Tibeto-Burman language Nubri and the Yue Chinese language Shuilowa (Tanka). At NYU, my fieldwork has focused on working with Tibetan speakers based in Queens, New York.
Tap Mun Island, Hong Kong, Summer 2019