Research
My research is mostly in collaboration with students and colleagues, aiming to advance our understanding of speech sounds, how they work as systems, how they are produced and perceived, how they are situated in society and how they change over time. Our work integrates research, teaching and outreach.
I hope this spring to get close to done with the collaborative book on Laryngeal Realism, with a bunch of students and colleagues. Related to that is a Systemic Review of the acquisition of laryngeal contrasts, together with Luke Annear (who is really leading the project) and Charlotte Vanhecke.
The big new project that doesn't really show up on my CV yet is something on the historical sociolinguistics of early American English, looking at language ideologies and also issues of bilingualism. That work is just beginning.
These days, I'm working to learn about Algonquian languages but also doing some general theoretical work in various areas.
I'm happy to share work, including unpublished work, especially in exchange for comments and suggestions. And I'm happy to read other people's work and offer comments.