Biography
My research focuses on formal and historical aspects of linguistics, especially formal semantics & syntax. My areal interests include South Asia (Sanskrit, Hindi, Sinhala, Nepali, Malayalam etc) and the Caribbean (Jamaican Patois, Dread Talk).
My current research projects include investigations of the syntax & semantics of quantifier particles; the inner semantics of aspectual adverbials; a machine-learning approach to automated focus identification & labelling.
My past work includes studies of epistemic indefinites; the morphosyntax and semantics of verb-verb collocations in South Asian languages; the rise and spread of morphological & orthographic innovations in the cyberpunk subculture; morphological processes in Rastafari Dread Talk.
Interests
- Formal Semantics
- Historical Linguistics/Philology
- Formal Syntax & Morphology
Education
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PhD in Linguistics, 2011
University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
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MA in Linguistics, 2008
University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
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MA in Cognitive Science, 2004
Johns Hopkins University
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BA in English, 1999
Johns Hopkins University