Chelsea Sanker

The main goal of my research is to understand how phonetic details fit into phonological representations, and how data from perception and production can help pin down this aspect of our phonological models. Within this, I have two interconnected lines of research: Experimental work testing what details are present in the representation and how they can shift, and reconstructions of how reanalysis or shifts in which details are part of the representation can result in diachronic change and typological patterns.

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My current projects are aimed at compiling typological data to shed light on timing patterns and modelling a representation which can account for several production-perception relationships for vowel duration.

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