Staff Profile

I completed my Ph.D. in Linguistics and English Language at Newcastle University in 2021. My Ph.D. thesis, entitled Verbal Syntax and Differential Object Marking in Baritle Neo-Aramaic, studies the differential-object-marking patterns and the verbal system of Baritle Neo-Aramaic, one of the endangered North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic languages. I study the language within the Minimalist Program.

Research Interests:

Syntactic theory; morphology, syntax; morphosyntax; Semitic languages, especially Neo-Aramaic and Arabic.

Research Roles:

Research assistant |  University of Cambridge, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Projects:  

Echoes of Vanishing Voices in the Mountains: A Linguistic History of Minorities in the Near East (Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish)

North Eastern Neo-Aramaic Database

 Semester 1: 

SEL1027 Introduction to the Study of Language 1: Syntax and Phonology (Syntax seminars)

Semester 2:

SEL1028 Introduction to the Study of Language 2: Morphology and Meaning (Morphology Seminars)