Research Projects

This page is here to present the status (mainly for my own use) of all my research projects.

Turkic-Turkic contact in the Altay

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
fall 2009	fall 2009	fall 2009	conference presentation spring 2010 ×2	further data gathering
			seminar paper fall 2009	further analysis

Phonology of Kazakh coda clusters

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
fall 2008	fall 2008	fall 2008	conference presentation fall 2009	further data gathering
			seminar paper fall 2008, spring 2010	further analysis

• Mongolian words in Kyrgyz

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
fall 2009	fall 2009		conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper	further analysis

• Kyrgyz [native & loanword] accent

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
fall 2010	fall 2010	fall 2010	conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper fall 2010	further analysis

• Turkic initial-position sonorants

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
spring 2011	spring 2011		conference presentation spring 2011	further data gathering
			seminar paper spring 2011	further analysis

• Proto-Turkic long vowels

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
fall 2010			conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper	further analysis

• PIE obstruent system

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
fall 2009	fall 2009	fall 2009	conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper fall 2009	further analysis

• Kyrgyz obstruent system
• Khalkha syllabification / stress
• American English ᴁ
• American English ə~ɨ
• Kyrgyz tense[/aspect] system

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
fall 2007			conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper	further analysis

• Kyrgyz mood & epistematic modality

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
fall 2007			conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper	further analysis

• Turkic / CA -n vs. -gu
• Kazakh (and Turkic) ə/ɑ
• Turkic (Kazakh & Kyrgyz) relative clauses

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
winter 2006	winter 2006	winter 2006	conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper winter 2006	further analysis

• Zulu click perception
• Kazakh~Kyrgyz and Khalkha~Kalmyk ATR/RTR harmony

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
2009			conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper	further analysis