PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
  • Phonetically grounded phonology, in particular:
    • Quantal perceptual effects and their representation in phonology
    • CV and V-to-V coarticulation and its relevance for and representation in phonology
  • Cumulative (ganging) effects in phonology
  • Gradience and its representation in phonology, subfeatural representations
  • Vowel Harmony
  • Tone and the phonology-morphology-syntax interface
  • Phonetics and phonology of clicks
  • Agreement by Correspondence Theory

LANGUAGES OF CHAD

Description and documentation of languages spoken in Southern Chad: Laal (isolate), Ba (Bua, Adamawa), Kulaale (aka Fania; Bua, Adamawa), Korom/Kawãwãy (Bua, Adamawa), Boor (East Chadic).



TYPOLOGY, AREAL & HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
  • Areal features and linguistic areas in Africa
    • Typology of vowel systems in Africa
    • Typology of constraints on prosodic constituents in Africa
  • Typology of demonstratives

KHOISAN LINGUISTICS
  • Ju comparative studies and historical reconstruction
  • Lucy Lloyd's !Xuun notebooks: a linguistic edition