A sociolinguistic variationist dissertation examining covariation across five Spanish variables in Boston's Puerto Rican and Dominican community, showing that low-salience features …
Presenting QP 1 results at LSA 2021.
Guest Lecture for Intro to Sounds class
Helped answer questions about language maintenance and attitudes.
How verb type and pragmatic context shape subject-verb order acceptability across Latin American Spanish dialects.
How grammatical and discourse constraints condition overt vs. null subject pronoun use in Puerto Rican Spanish speakers in Louisiana and Puerto Rico.
How bilingual experience reshapes the vowel quality of filled pauses (uh/ah vs. eh) in Boston Spanish speakers.
How the social noticeability of linguistic features shapes language use and adaptation in contact settings.