Research
Department of Linguistics,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Rarámuri (Tarahumara) Fieldwork – August 2023
The exact number of Rarámuri (Tarahumara) dialects is widely contested, ranging from two to as many as five. This study aims to collect data that may provide insight on the characteristics of Rarámuri dialects. These data include speech elicitation (word lists, Frog Story, and Pear Story) and speakers' perceptions of dialects annotated on a map of the region.
Rarámuri (Tarahumara) Fieldwork – July 2022 to August 2022
In this project, I compare Rarámuri language and education in an urban setting and rural setting. As part of the project, I interview Rarámuri mothers living in urban neighborhoods in Chihuahua City, Mexico, and in rural towns in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
APRAR - Presentation_2.pptxDepartment of Languages and Linguistics,
University of Texas at El Paso
Along with Dr. Carla Contemori and Dr. Sabrina Mossman, I conducted research on pronoun interpretation biases in English and Spanish speakers. The study aimed to analyze the role of input on sentences with high discourse complexity, which drive native English speakers to use a local antecedent bias (when speakers interpret a rementioned subject to be the most salient referent in a sentence with two overt subjects).
The results of this paper were presented at APRAR 2021 and are currently in preparation for publication.
Ixil Documentation Project,
University of Texas at Austin
I assisted Dr. Danny Law with his documentation project on Ixil, an Indigenous language in Guatemala. During my involvement in the project, Dr. Law had collected materials from three villages: Chajul, Cotzal, and Nebaj. I prepared these materials to be archived in AILLA (Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America) at the University of Texas at Austin.
Check out the amazing collection at AILLA!
First Visit to the Sierra Tarahumara,
University of Texas at Austin
An endangered language course I took with Dr. Anthony Woodbury sowed the beginning of my interest in Indigenous languages, particularly Rarámuri. The course prompted me to approach a family contact, who took me to visit her sister in Norogachi, a town in the Sierra Mountains. The visit inspired me to continue working with Rarámuri speakers.
Child Language Lab,
University of Texas at Austin
Language Mode on Monolingual and Bilingual Word-Learning
Under Dr. Suzanne van der Feest's supervision, I designed and conducted an experiment to study word-learning differences between monolingual and bilingual adult learners. The results of this study formed the basis of my undergraduate honors thesis and were presented at the Longhorn Research Bazaar. For a copy of my thesis, please email me.
Reduced Habit-Driven Errors in Parkinson's Disease
Check out the publication here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39294-z
Children's Faithfulness in Imitating Language Use
Check out the publication here: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12503
Phonological Representations in Monolingual and Bilingual Children
Check out the publication here: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00993