Expertise

My research examines the systemic properties of language through an exploration of the diverse solutions that have evolved to meet similar communicative goals. In particular, it explores the syntactic and information-structural evidence for the ways that speakers monitor, encode and interpret reference to discourse participants using agreement and/or case marking in different linguistic systems.

Organizational Affiliations

Associate Professor, School of Literature and Languages , Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences , University of Surrey

Past Affiliations

Senior Fellow, Collegium Helveticum (Switzerland, Zurich)

Education

Linguistics
2002 – 2006 , Doctor of Philosophy , University of Manchester (United Kingdom, Manchester)
Linguistics
2001 – 2002 , Master of Arts , University of Manchester (United Kingdom, Manchester)
Linguistics
1998 – 2001 , Bachelor of Arts , University of Manchester (United Kingdom, Manchester)