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bio	website	ling.upenn.edu/~ecay
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I am a second-year PhD student in Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. My research interests lie in diachronic syntax, language as an evolutionary system, and quantitative methods in linguistic research.

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14	Do some languages have articles besides the definite and indefinite articles?
12	Is it possible to predict language changes?
11	Why do tone and simple syllable structure appear to be correlated?
10	Why are affix hopping and head movement considered as distinct operations?
10	Do languages borrow morphemes?

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+105	Is there anything analogous to grammatical gender for verbs?
+20	How does aspect condition an ergative split?
+75	What is a native speaker, and at what point does someone become a native speaker?
+10	Are there purely isolating/analytic languages with grammatical gender?

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50 morphology × 8	19 comparative-linguistics × 2
48 language-change × 6	15 theoretical-linguistics × 2
46 syntax × 8	15 phonetics × 2
30 phonology × 5	15 terminology × 2
27 historical-linguistics × 4	15 evolution × 2