Students

I supervised 48 post-graduate students working on a range of topics between 1984 and 2022. The following is a full list in reverse chronological order:

2022	Laub, Robert	A Comparison of The Portuguese-Lexified Creoles of Southeast Asia: Kristang, Makista, Batavia, and Tugu	PhD	SOAS University of London
2020	Dohle, Ebany	Nahuat-Pipil: The encoding of ecological knowledge in Semantic and Lexical Categorisation Systems	PhD	SOAS University of London
2019	Fain-Binda, Viviana	A language preserved in gelato: the vitality of Ladino-Veneto in Val di Zoldo, a valley of the Dolomites	MA	SOAS University of London
2019	McNaught, Douglas	Tense, Aspect and Mood in Sakizaya, Taiwan	PhD	SOAS University of London
2019	Puxon, Peter	Aspects of the grammar of Sihan, Sarawak, Malaysia	MA	SOAS University of London
2019	Ridge, Eleanor	Variation in Vatlongos verbal morphosyntax: speaker communities in southeast Ambrym and Mele Maat	PhD	SOAS University of London
2018	Hasani, Martin	Language contact: Italian, Sicilian & Albanian in Piana degli Albanesi	MA	SOAS University of London
2018	Orford, Rebecca	Southern Piegan: A case study in linguistic ecology and sustainability	MA	SOAS University of London
2018	Tabuni, Simon	The Naming System of Plants in Western Dani	MA	SOAS University of London
2018	Taguchi, Saya	The use of stories as mnemonic strategies for learning Japanese kanji	MA	SOAS University of London
2018	Weber, Tobias	On linguistic fieldnotes, legacy material, and objectivity – a case study on the metadocumentation of the South Estonian Kraasna dialect	MA	SOAS University of London
2017	Voica, Radu	A fieldwork-based approach to Blanga (Blablanga), an Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands, with reference to predicate-argument relations	PhD	SOAS University of London
2016	Agyeman, Nana Ama	Serial verb constructions in Efutu, Ghana	PhD	SOAS University of London
2016	Cephas Delalorm	A description of Sekpele, Ghana	PhD	SOAS University of London
2016	Hemmings, Charlotte	Voice in Kelabit, Sarawak	PhD	SOAS University of London
2016	Martinez, Philippe	Chhitkul morpho-syntax	MA	SOAS University of London
2016	Stephenson, Hayley	“A lifeline for endangered languages”: the representation of technology in language revitalisation	MA	SOAS University of London
2016	Tsutsui, Martha Satoko	Uchinaa-Yamatuguchi: a structural profile focusing on loan features via language contact	MA	SOAS University of London
2014	Beck, Emily	How are language hierarchies formed in language endangerment situations and how do they affect individual language policy?	MA	SOAS University of London
2014	Sharma, Narayan	Morphosyntax of Puma, Nepal	PhD	SOAS University of London
2014	Walters, Emma	English loan words in Hindi	MA	SOAS University of London
2014	Wharton, Rebecca	Multilingualism and language maintenance: An exploration into the language ideologies of people living in Mulu National Park, Sarawak	MA	SOAS University of London
2013	Chen, Ming	The curious case of reflexives in Chinese	MA	SOAS University of London
2013	Owen-Smith, Thomas	Documentation of Tamang, Nepal	PhD	SOAS University of London
2012	Hemmings, Charlotte	Causatives and applicatives: the case for polysemy in Javanese	MA	SOAS University of London
2009	Budd, Peter	Realis and Irrealis in Biriebo, Vanuatu	PhD	SOAS University of London
2009	Chambers, Mary	Which way is up? Spatial reference in Kubakota, Solomon Islands	PhD	SOAS University of London
2009	McGill, Stuart	Agreement in Cicipu, northern Nigeria	PhD	SOAS University of London
2009	Puttaswamy, Chaithra	Verb structure in Malto, a north Dravidian language	PhD	SOAS University of London
2009	Rendina, Sophie	Description of Numee	MA	SOAS University of London
2008	Bergqvist, Henrik	Temporal reference in Lakandon Maya, Mexico	PhD	SOAS University of London
2006	Ashmore, Louise	The role of video in language documentation	MA	SOAS University of London
2006	Bocchia, Valentina	Language maintenance in Sardinia	MA	SOAS University of London
2006	Holderness, Elizabeth	Language policy in the Lao PDR	MA	SOAS University of London
2006	Sivvas, Michalis	Building a website for Aromanian	MA	SOAS University of London
2006	Voica, Radu	Simple and compound past tenses in Aromanian	MA	SOAS University of London
2005	De Caro, Gerardo	Ergativity in Talyshi, northern Iran	MA	SOAS University of London
2005	de Melo, Wolfgang	Adpositions in Dida	MA	SOAS University of London
2005	Pickering, Rachel	Welsh revitalisation	MA	SOAS University of London
2004	Shepherd, Angela	Khorchin Mongolian orthography	MA	SOAS University of London
2004	Simard, Candide	Dictionary making for Khorchin Mongolian	MA	SOAS University of London
2000	Mahdavi, Mojdeh	Language purification in Iran	MA	University of Melbourne
1998	Sidwell, Paul	Reconstruction of proto-Bahnaric	PhD	University of Melbourne
1997	Jukes, Anthony	Phonology and morphology of Makassarese	MA	University of Melbourne
1992	Liu, Ming-Chen	Topical development in Chinese and English expository discourse	PhD	La Trobe University
1988	Thieberger, Nicholas	Aboriginal language maintenance: some issues and strategies	MA	La Trobe University
1987	Cook, Anthony	Wagiman Matyin: a description of the Wagiman language of the Northern Territory	PhD	La Trobe University.
1984	Lewitt, Helene	On definites and indefinites in English	MA	La Trobe University