My research interests include phonological typology, language change, and linguistic complexity. I am particularly interested in rare and/or complex phonological phenomena, and investigate these in samples that include language families and regions which are traditionally underrepresented in our field.

I graduated from University of New Mexico in May 2017 with a Ph.D. in linguistics. My dissertation, entitled "Highly complex syllable structure: a typological study of its phonological characteristics and diachronic development," is a cross-linguistic study investigating the properties of and motivations behind rare syllable patterns in which long sequences of consonants occur.

At DDL I am working on a project entitled A typological investigation of the role of morphology in syllable complexity. This project explores interactions between morphology and syllable patterns in a diverse language sample, with the aim of addressing how different morphological processes and strategies may contribute to both synchronic variation in syllable complexity and the diachronic development of complex phonotactics.

FORMATION ET PARCOURS PROFESSIONNEL

Etudes
- 2011-2017: Ph.D. Linguistics, University of New Mexico, USA.
  Dissertation: Highly complex syllable structure: a typological study of its phonological characteristics and diachronic development.
  Committee: Caroline Smith (chair, University of New Mexico), William Croft (University of New Mexico), Joan Bybee (University of New Mexico), Ian Maddieson (University of New Mexico and University of California, Berkeley), and Ioana Chitoran (Université Paris Diderot).
- 2008-2010: M.A. Linguistics, University of New Mexico, USA.
- 2000-2004: B.S. Physics, University of Notre Dame, USA.
Formations
- 2012: Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) and Amazigh practicum. Lawrence, KS, USA.

THÈMES DE RECHERCHE

Phonological typology
Linguistic complexity
Language change
Phonetics/phonology interface
Syllable structure
Speech rhythm
Holistic typologies of language
Indigenous languages of North America
Underrepresented language families and regions
Language endangerment

ACTIVITÉS SCIENTIFIQUES

2015: Student Committee Member, 11th Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology. August 1-3, 2015; Albuquerque, USA.
2011: Steering Committee Member and Abstract and Program Chair, 18th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium. May 20-22, 2011; Albuquerque, USA.
2010: Co-organizer and Chair, 9th High Desert Linguistics Society Conference. November 4-6, 2010; Albuquerque, USA.

DISTINCTIONS OU FINANCEMENTS

2019: Joseph Greenberg Award, Association for Linguistic Typology
2017-present: LabEx ASLAN postdoctoral fellowship.
2017: Student Research Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association, University of New Mexico.
2016: Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski Fellowship, Bilinski Educational Foundation.
2011: Joseph H. Greenberg Endowed Fellowship, University of New Mexico.

PARTICIPATION À PROJETS

2010-2017: Linguistic consultation for development of dictionary database of Nanbé Tewa and associated pedagogical materials. Nanbé Tewa Language Program, Nambe Pueblo, New Mexico, USA.
2009-2011: Project Assistant, development of Allophon database. With Joan Bybee. University of New Mexico, USA.

ENSEIGNEMENTS

2014-2016: Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico, USA
Teaching Assistant
- Phonological Analysis (40h) Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
- Introduction to the Study of Language (40h); Fall 2014

PRINCIPALES PUBLICATIONS ET CONFÉRENCES

Ouvrages

Easterday, S., 2019, "Highly complex syllable structure: A typological and diachronic study", 9, Berlin, Language Science Press, 616 p., Studies in Laboratory Phonology, 978-3-96110-194-8

Thèses et mémoires

Easterday, S., 2017, "Highly complex syllable structure: a typological study of its phonological characteristics and diachronic development", Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico

Articles de revues

Easterday, S., Stave, M., Tang, M. & Seifart, F., 2021, "Syllable complexity and morphological synthesis: A well-motivated positive complexity correlation across subdomains", Frontiers in Psychology, 12, pp. 583
Bybee, J. & Easterday, S., 2019, "Consonant strengthening: a crosslinguistic survey and articulatory proposal", Linguistic Typology, 23:2, pp. 263-302

Communications avec actes édités

Easterday, S., 2019, "Manner of articulation patterns in word-initial biconsonantal sequences: The effect of morphological context.", proc. of 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia, 05/08/2019-09/08/2019, Calhoun; Escudero; Tabain; Warren, S. (ed), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019., pp. 1124-1127
Easterday, S., Timm, J. & Maddieson, I., 2011, "The effects of phonological structure on the acoustic correlates of rhythm."17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Hong Kong, August 17-21, pp. 623-626

Séminaires invités

Easterday, S., 2019, "Phonotactic complexity in interaction with other systems of language structure: some crosslinguistic patterns", Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, January 16
Easterday, S., 2018, "Phonotactic complexity and morphology: a typological perspective", Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki, 17 December

Communications

Chousou-Polydouri, N., van Dam, K., Inman, D., Vuillermet, M., Easterday, S., Rose, F. & Bickel, B., 2021, "Mapping linguistic areas: a preliminary case study in South America", SALSA, University of Virginia, 29 juin 2021
Chousou-Polydouri, N., Inman, D., Vuillermet, M., van Dam, K., Easterday, S. & Rose, F., 2021, "Is there a typological profile of isolates ?", SLE, online, 1er septembre 2021
Diaz Montenegro, E. & Easterday, S., 2019, "In search of the origin of complex phonotactic patterns in Spanish loanwords in Nasa Yuwe", Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of America, New York City, USA, 3-6 January, 2019
Easterday, S., 2018, "A crosslinguistic test of two common phonological generalizations: Underrepresented languages yield some unexpected patterns", 16èmes Rencontres du Réseau Français de Phonologie, Paris, France, June 27-28
Easterday, S., 2018, "Syllable typology and syllable-based typologies: Findings from the extremes of phonotactic complexity", Representing Phonotactics, satellite workshop of 16th Conference of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, Lisbon, Portugal, June 19-23
Easterday, S., 2018, "Exploring high rates of consonant strengthening in South America and Mesoamerica", 13th High Desert Linguistics Society Conference, Albuquerque, USA, 9-11 November, 2018
Easterday, S., 2017, "The relationship between syllable structure complexity and vowel reduction processes.", 2nd Conference of Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE), Cologne, Germany, June 12-14
Easterday, S., 2017, "Highly complex syllable structure: a motivated and stable feature.", IPS Workshop on Abstraction, Diversity, and Speech Dynamics, Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany, May 3-5
Easterday, S., 2017, "Elaborating upon the 'consonantal' versus 'vocalic' phonological typology", 12th Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology, Canberra, Australia, December 12-14
Easterday, S., 2015, "Phonological correlates of highly complex syllable structure", 11th Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology, Albuquerque, USA, August 1-3
Easterday, S. & Napoleão de Souza, R., 2015, "Is there evidence for a hierarchy in the synchronic patterning of syllable onsets?", 11th Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology, Albuquerque, USA, August 1-3