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Read more at: Nina Haket

Nina Haket

PhD student in the department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics under the supervision of Dr Jaszczolt. Interests include Conceptual Engineering, Semantics/Pragmatics, Language change.

Read more at: Dr Saussan Khalil

Dr Saussan Khalil

Arabic language, linguistics, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, lexicography, teaching, second language acquisition, natural language processing, community languages

Read more at: Javier Moreno-Rivero

Javier Moreno-Rivero

Translation and language policy; Sociolinguistics and sociology of language; Law and language; Translation Studies
Theses / dissertations

2023 (No publication date)

  • Moreno-Rivero, J., 2023 (No publication date). Translation Policies of Minoritised Languages through Organised Activism: a Comparative Study of Catalan and Welsh
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.96580
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    Read more at: Dr Daniel Weston

    Dr Daniel Weston

    Discourse analysis of academic admissions interviews at elite institutions, bilingual code-switching, English dialect development, historical sociolinguistics

    Read more at: Lini Xiao

    Lini Xiao

    Language and identity; Sociolinguistics of mobility; Language socialisation; Language Change and Diversity; Language Learning across the Lifespan; Multilingualism

    Read more at: Bert Vaux

    Bert Vaux

    Phonology; historical linguistics; dialectology; Armenian; Abkhaz

    Journal articles

    2024

  • Hopkins, E. and Vaux, B., 2024. The emergence of vowel harmony in Armenian dialects Linguistic Variation,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/lv.23049.hop
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    2023

  • Andersson, S. and Vaux, B., 2023. Cwyzhy Abkhaz Journal of the International Phonetic Association, v. 53
    Doi: 10.1017/S0025100320000390
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  • Burridge, J. and Vaux, B., 2023. Low dimensional measurement of vowels using machine perception. J Acoust Soc Am, v. 153
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1121/10.0016845
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    2022

  • Samuels, BD., Andersson, S., Sayeed, O. and Vaux, B., 2022. Getting ready for primetime: Paths to acquiring substance-free phonology Canadian Journal of Linguistics, v. 67
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/cnj.2022.9
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    2020

  • Burridge, J. and Vaux, B., 2020. Brownian dynamics for the vowel sounds of human language Physical Review Research, v. 2
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013274
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    2019 (Accepted for publication)

  • Burridge, J., Vaux, B., Gnacik, M. and Grudeva, Y., 2019 (Accepted for publication). Statistical physics of language maps in the USA Physical Review E, v. 99
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.99.032305
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  • Burridge, J., Blaxter, T. and Vaux, B., 2019 (Accepted for publication). Evolutionary paths of language EPL (Europhysics Letters), v. 128
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/128/28003
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    2015

  • Vaux, B. and Samuels, B., 2015. Explaining vowel systems: Dispersion theory vs natural selection Linguistic Review, v. 32
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1515/tlr-2014-0028
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    2012

  • Johannessen, JB. and Vaux, B., 2012. Retroflex variation and methodological issues: A reply to Simonsen, Moen, and Cowen (2008) Journal of Phonetics,
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    2006

  • Vaux, B. and Nevins, A., 2006. The Role of Contrast in Locality: Transparent Palatal Glides in Kyrghyz MIT Working Papers in Linguistics, v. 52
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    2005

  • Vaux, B. and Samuels, B., 2005. Laryngeal markedness and aspiration Phonology, v. 22
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0952675705000667
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    2003

  • Vaux, B., 2003. Syllabification in Armenian, universal grammar, and the lexicon LINGUIST INQ, v. 34
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    2001

  • Vaux, B., 2001. The Armenian Dialect of Aslanbeg Annual of Armenian Linguistics, v. 21
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    2000

  • Halle, M., Vaux, B. and Wolfe, A., 2000. On feature spreading and the representation of place of articulation LINGUIST INQ, v. 31
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    1999

  • Vaux, B., 1999. Notes on the Armenian Dialect of Ayntab Annual of Armenian Linguistics, v. 20
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    1998

  • Vaux, B., 1998. The laryngeal specifications of fricatives LINGUIST INQ, v. 29
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    1996

  • Vaux, B., La Porta, S. and Tucker, E., 1996. Ethnographic Materials from the Muslim Hemshinli with Linguistic Notes Annual of Armenian Linguistics, v. 17
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  • Vaux, B., 1996. The status of ATR in feature geometry LINGUIST INQ, v. 27
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    1993

  • Vaux, B., 1993. Coronal Fronting in the Akn Dialect of Armenian Annual of Armenian Linguistics, v. 14
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    1992

  • VAUX, B., 1992. GEMINATION AND SYLLABIC INTEGRITY IN SANSKRIT J INDO-EUR STUD, v. 20
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    Book chapters

    2024

  • Vaux, B. and Suhairi, AA., 2024. Vowel harmony in Armenian
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198826804.013.72
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    2023

  • Vaux, B. and Miller, B., 2023. On the atoms of phonological representation
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198791126.003.0002
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    2020

  • Ahmed, SK., Andersson, S. and Vaux, B., 2020. English phonology and morphology
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/9781119540618.ch18
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    2018 (No publication date)

  • Vaux, B., Sayeed, O. and Andersson, S., 2018 (No publication date). Regularity and lexical diffusion in phonological change
  • Vaux, B. and Miller, B., 2018 (No publication date). The atoms of phonological representation
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.70755
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    2018

  • Vaux, B. and Samuels, B., 2018. Abstract underlying representations in phonological theory
  • Vaux, B. and Perry, JJ., 2018. Vedic Sanskrit accentuation and readjustment rules
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1515/9781501506734-009
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  • Perry, JJ. and Vaux, B., 2018. Vedic Sanskrit accentuation and readjustment rules
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1515/9781501506734-009
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    2017 (Published online)

  • Andersson, S., Sayeed, O. and Vaux, B., 2017 (Published online). The Phonology of Language Contact
    Doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935345.013.55
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    2017

  • Vaux, B. and Myler, N., 2017. Issues and prospects in rule-based phonology
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315675428
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  • Vaux, B. and Samuels, BD., 2017. Consonant Epenthesis and Markedness
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/la.241.04vau
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  • Vaux, B. and Sayeed, O., 2017. The evolution of Armenian
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1515/9783110523874-021
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    2016

  • Vaux, B., Myler, N. and Miller, B., 2016. Phonology in Universal Grammar
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199573776.013.8
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    2013

  • Vaux, B., 2013. The Armenian dialect of Khodorchur

    • 2012

  • Vaux, B., 2012. The Armenian dialect of Smyrna/Izmir

    • 2011

  • Vaux, B., 2011. Language games and speech disguises
  • Vaux, B. and Miller, B., 2011. The representation of fricatives
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/b.9781405184236.2011.x
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  • Vaux, B. and Myler, N., 2011. Meter is music
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199553426.003.0005
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  • Vaux, B., 2011. Language Games
    Doi: 10.1002/9781444343069.ch22
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    2009

  • Vaux, B., 2009. The role of features in a symbolic theory of phonology
  • Vaux, B., 2009. Feature analysis
  • Vaux, B., 2009. Feature analysis.
  • Vaux, B., 2009. The role of features in a symbolic theory of phonology

    • 2008

  • Vaux, B., 2008. Armenian
  • Vaux, B., 2008. Zok: The Armenian dialect of Agulis
  • Vaux, B., 2008. Why the phonological component must be serial and rule-based
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226511.001.0001
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  • Vaux, B., 2008. Why the Phonological Component must be Serial and Rule-Based 1
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226511.003.0002
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    2007

  • Vaux, B. and Nevins, A., 2007. Underlying representations that do not minimize grammatical violations

    • 2006

  • Vaux, B., 2006. Armenian
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/02158-1
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  • Vaux, B., 2006. Homshetsma: The language of the Armenians of Hamshen
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203641682
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    2002

  • Vaux, B., 2002. Szemerényi's Law and Stang's Law in Non-Linear Phonology

    • 1995

  • Vaux, B., 1995. A Problem in Diachronic Armenian Verbal Morphology
    • Books

    2023

  • Dolatian, H., Sharifzadeh, A. and Vaux, B., 2023. A grammar of Iranian Armenian: Parskahayeren or Iranahayeren
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8177018
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    2018 (No publication date)

  • Vaux, B., 2018 (No publication date). The Armenian dialect of New Julfa, Isfahan

    • 2016

  • Gordon, M., 2016. Phonological Typology

    • 2015

  • Saltmarsh, J., 2015. King’s College Chapel: A History and Commentary

    • 2011

  • Vaux, B., 2011. Language games
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/9781444343069
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    2008

  • Nevins, A. and Vaux, B., 2008. Introduction: The Division of Labor between Rules, Representations, and Constraints in Phonological Theory 1
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226511.003.0001
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  • Vaux, B. and Nevins, A., 2008. Rules, constraints, and phonological phenomena
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226511.001.0001
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    2007

  • Vaux, B., 2007. Linguistic Field Methods

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