About
I am a first-year graduate student in linguistics at McGill University, supervised by Luis Alonso-Ovalle and Junko Shimoyama.
I study semantics and syntax. I am interested in the internal composition of nominals and the relationship between nominal semantics and clause formation. (In other words, how nominals get built and where they can/must slot into the syntax.) Topics of recent and ongoing projects relate to:
- (In)definiteness, object shift, and similar constructions
- Individuation-measurement distinctions
- Complex anaphoric expressions
I research these and other topics in Austronesian languages, namely Javanese and Simpakng (Land Dayak). In studying languages that are not yet extensively documented, I am interested in how linguistics research can support the development of usable and useful corpora for speakers and learners.
Before moving to Montreal, I spent 2022-2023 in Indonesia on a Fulbright U.S. Student Research Award, advised by Dr. Yanti. I earned dual bachelor's degrees in linguistics and mathematics (specialization in computer applications), summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota in 2020.
If I'm not doing linguistics, I'm probably cooking, distance running, or being a very mediocre swimmer.
