I’m a linguist at McGill University focusing on language documentation and fieldwork.

 

Intro

I work in the subfields of linguistic fieldwork, language documentation, phonology and the phonology-syntax interface. My work focuses on Southern Tutchone, an indigenous language of the Dene (Athabaskan) family spoken in the southern Yukon.

 

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Study

I am a graduate student at McGill University supervised by Heather Goad. My studies are supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC).

 

My CV

My main ongoing project is documenting and analyzing Southern Tutchone, with a focus on its phonology. I also work on Kirundi (Bantu) with Katya Morgunova and have previously worked on Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) in a joint project between Ionkwahronkha’onhátie’ (‘We are becoming fluent’) and McGill.

I’m a member of Montreal Understudied Languages Linguistics Lab (MULL-Lab), and a student member of the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM) and the Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA).

I’m based in Montreal, Quebec.

 

About

Born and raised in Scotland, I worked as a professional musician before moving to Montreal. I still play the oboe and cello in my free time, and I enjoy knitting and baking. I live with my adopted cats called Tommy and Maisie.