I am a linguist and I mainly work in theoretical phonology.
My main research interest is the phonology-morphology interface and hence phenomena like non-concatenative morphology and lexical exceptions to phonological processes. Much of my work focusses on supra-segmental processes involving like length, tone or template effects. One theoretical assumption I am currently working on a lot are Gradient Symbolic Representations and hence the idea that all linguistic elements have gradient activity levels.
One empirical focus of my work are indigenuous languages of America: I work, for example, on tone in Otomanguean, on non-concatenative morphology in Salishan, on verbal agreement in Algonquian, on lexical exceptions in Maipurean, or reduplication in Wakashan.
I was on maternity leave between May-December 2020.
My main research interest is the phonology-morphology interface and hence phenomena like non-concatenative morphology and lexical exceptions to phonological processes. Much of my work focusses on supra-segmental processes involving like length, tone or template effects. One theoretical assumption I am currently working on a lot are Gradient Symbolic Representations and hence the idea that all linguistic elements have gradient activity levels.
One empirical focus of my work are indigenuous languages of America: I work, for example, on tone in Otomanguean, on non-concatenative morphology in Salishan, on verbal agreement in Algonquian, on lexical exceptions in Maipurean, or reduplication in Wakashan.
I was on maternity leave between May-December 2020.
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The new DFG-funded research unit on `Cyclic Optimization' will start in October 2021. Together with Jochen Trommer, I'm PI of the project on `Morphological strata of tone' (homepage).
My Emmy Noether research group on `Grammatical Strength in Prosodic Morphology: Typology and Theory' (homepage) started in May 2019. From March to November 2018, I was a Visiting Researcher at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, with a DFG-funded research project on `Multiple Reduplication: Typology and Theory' (homepage). I previously worked as Research Associate at Leipzig University and in two DFG-funded research projects: one on Featural Affixes and one on Hierarchy Effects in Kiranti and Broader Algic. And here I am at a climbing trip in one of the old quarries around Leipzig. |
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When I'm not doing linguistics, I love to spend time outdoors, especially on my bike or on a climbing wall. Since I also love to make lists and maps, here is a list of all the climbing spots (indoors and outdoors) I visited so far: