How the social noticeability of linguistic features shapes language use and adaptation in contact settings.
How bilingual experience reshapes the vowel quality of filled pauses (uh/ah vs. eh) in Boston Spanish speakers.
How grammatical and discourse constraints condition overt vs. null subject pronoun use in Puerto Rican Spanish speakers in Louisiana and Puerto Rico.
How verb type and pragmatic context shape subject-verb order acceptability across Latin American Spanish dialects.
A sociolinguistic variationist dissertation examining covariation across five Spanish variables in Boston's Puerto Rican and Dominican community, showing that low-salience features …
A study of six Spanish variables in Boston's bilingual community, finding that socially "weak" features converge toward English norms while socially "strong" features tied to …
An acceptability judgment study of subject-verb order in Latin American Spanish (Caribbean, Chilean, and Mexican varieties), finding that verb type (unaccusative vs. unergative) …
A study of filled pause vowel quality (eh/em vs. ah/am/uh/um) among 80 Boston Spanish speakers, finding that degree of English contact predicts which variant speakers use — …
Helped answer questions about language maintenance and attitudes.
Surveyed descriptive materials across various languages.