Biography
I received my bachelor's degree in fundamental and computational linguistics from HSE University in 2023 (diploma with distinction) and am currently doing my MPhil in theoretical and applied linguistics at the University of Cambridge. I am also a junior researcher at the section of typology at the Institute of Linguistics, RAS. Since 2022, I have been organizing Research seminar on Iranian languages, where talks on various Iranian and other closely related languages are presented monthly by both well-known scholars and students doing their research in linguistics.
Research
My research interests concern the phonetics/phonology interface and laryngeal phenomena in the world's language, especially the way phonological features are realized on the surface level. This includes, though not limited to, acoustic cues for or acoustic correlates of underlying voicing. I am also interested in developing digital language resources, online dictionaries in particular. My current projects include website on Pamir languages pamiri.online, Persian and Ossetic online dictionaries and online database of verbal colexification.
Publications
– Y. Makarov. Aspiration length and intensity as potential acoustic cues to [voice] in final position: evidence from Shughni. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Prague: Guarant International, 2023.
– Y. Y. Makarov & V. A. Plungian. Towards the Description of Shughni Morphophonology [In Russian: К описанию шугнанской морфонологии: предварительные замечания]. In Essays in honour of O. F. Krivnova. Moscow: Buki Vedi, 2023.
– Y. Makarov, M. Melenchenko & D. Novokshanov. Digital Resources for the Shughni Language. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia within the 13th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference. Marseille: European Language Resources Association, 2022.
Teaching and Supervisions
In 2021–2023, I was employed as teaching assistant on the courses in phonetics & phonology and also Persian language at the School of Linguistics at HSE University.
I have also been teaching phonetics and Russian grammar for high school students.
