About

I am an Assistant Professor in the Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at Nanyang Technological University. I received my MA and PhD in Linguistics from Harvard University, with a dissertation investigating the diachronic origin and synchronic representation of agreement, verb classes, and Voice/valency alternations in Amarasi, an Austronesian language of West Timor. The fieldwork and data collection for this project was generously supported by the National Science Foundation's DDRI Program.

My research focuses on morphosyntactic theory through the lens of understudied languages and Historical Linguistics. I am particularly interested in the extent to which a deeper understanding of diachronic changes can shed light on the synchronic status of apparently idiosyncratic morpho-syntactic/phonological distributions and phenomena. Topics I've looked at recently include predication, applicativisation, prosody-syntax mapping, and case assignment. From a historical perspective, I have also explored processes such as grammaticalisation, syntactic reanalysis, and the morphologisation of once-transparent phonological alternations. 

In my free time, I enjoy playing video games, making hand-pulled noodles, and speed-running jigsaw puzzles.