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 spring 2009, fall 2009	further data gathering
			seminar paper fall 2008, spring 2010	further analysis

Mongolian elements 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

Kazakh (etc.) consonantal nasal harmony

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

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

Khalkha syllabification / stress

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

American English ᴁ

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
1990s			conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper	further analysis

American English ə~ɨ

idea	clear formulation of problem	initial data gathering	first draft	further work	well written complete paper	published paper
spring 2004			conference presentation	further data gathering
			seminar paper	further analysis

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 (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

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

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