Ongoing research projects
Attitudes and Ideologies Concerning the Writing Reform and ‘Latinization’ of Written Kazakh: A Sociolinguistic Survey (2021–)
Together with a team of research assistants, I survey the attitudes and ideologies held by Kazakhstanis regarding the ongoing shift into the Latin alphabet for written Kazakh. This is the first large-scale sociolinguistic survey concerning the topic conducted in the country. The goal is to discover how different variables, such as geographical location, languages spoken, gender, and level of education affect the attitudes concerning the writing system reform.
A Grammar of Geshiza (2020–)
Based on my dissertation on Eastern Geshiza, an endangered Gyalrongic language of South-Western China, I am now writing a more comprehensive descriptive grammar of the language for publication.
Past research projects
A Grammar of Eastern Geshiza: A Culturally Anchored Description (2015–2019)
As my doctoral dissertation, I wrote a grammar of Geshiza, an endangered Gyalrongic language spoken in South-Western China. Together with Duo’erji’s 道孚语格什扎话研究 [A Study of Geshiza Variety of the Daofu Language] in Chinese, it is the only existing book on the language. The monograph is available here. The corrigenda are available here (to be added).
Participation in shared projects: examples
The Helsinki Area & Language Studies (HALS) Ndebele project (2016–2019)
Sociolinguistic research on South African Ndebele as a part of a research group at the university of Helsinki, including approximately three weeks of fieldwork
EVIDEGO: Interactional, cross-linguistic, theoretical and areal perspectives on evidentiality and egophoricity (2018)
Participation in the research project at the University of Helsinki with research on the evidential and engagement systems of Geshiza, including one fieldtrip for data collection