About

I am an Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. My research focuses on morphosyntactic theory through the lens of understudied languages and Historical Linguistics. I am particularly interested in how a deeper understanding of diachronic changes can shed light on the synchronic status of apparently idiosyncratic morpho-syntactic/phonological distributions and phenomena, especially in lesser-investigated Austronesian languages.

Much of my work involves collaboration with local speaker communities and academics in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Some topics I've explored include agreement, verb classes, voice/valency alternations, prosody-syntax mapping, and case assignment. From a diachronic perspective, I also work on grammaticalisation, reanalysis, and changes at the juncture of morphologisation and phonologisation. I am always open to collaboration on any of these areas.

I received my PhD in Linguistics from Harvard University, with an NSF-supported dissertation investigating the historical development and theoretical implications of various morphosyntactic phenomena in Amarasi, a Malayo-Polynesian language of West Timor. In my free time, I enjoy playing video games, trying to inline skate, and speed-running jigsaw puzzles.