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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

 

Prof Bert Vaux

Bert Vaux
Position(s): 
Professor of Phonology and Morphology
Department/Section: 
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics
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College: 
Location: 

King's College F6 King's ParadeÌýÌý °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ CB2 1ST

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About: 

Born in Houston, Texas. BA Chicago 1990; MA Harvard 1992; PhD Harvard 1994.

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Teaching interests: 

Phonology, morphology, historical linguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics

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Research interests: 

ProfÌýVaux is primarily interested in phenomena that shed light on the structure and origins of the phonological component of grammar, especially in the realms of psychophonology (language games, speech errors, acquisition of first, second, and toy languages, development of writing systems), historical linguistics (sound change, reconstruction, evolution of language, Indo-European, Altaic, and Northwest Caucasian languages), and sociolinguistics (dialectology, microvariation, and nanovariation). I also enjoy working with native speakers to document endangered languages, especially dialects of Armenian, Abkhaz, and English.

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Recent research projects: 

The Armenian dialect of NewÌýJulfa, Isfahan (Oxford University Press, to appear); theÌýCwyzhyÌýdialect ofÌýAbkhaz; the evolution of phonological scope.

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Published works: 

Vaux, B. and Nevins, A. (2008).ÌýRules and Constraints in Contemporary Phonological Theory.ÌýOxford: Oxford University Press.

Vaux, B., Cooper, J. and Tucker, E. (2006).ÌýLinguistic Field Methods. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers.

Vaux, B. (1998).ÌýThe Phonology of Armenian. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Vaux, B. (1998).ÌýThe Laryngeal Specifications of Fricatives. Linguistic Inquiry 29.3:497-512.

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