নমস্কাৰ /nɔmɔskɑɹ/ (Assamese greeting)
I am a PhD candidate in Linguistics at Boston University. My research deals with bilingual speech, particularly in understanding how sequential bilinguals phonetically accommodate in their L2 and the subsequent effects in the production and perception of their L1. I am working under
Dr Charles Chang as my first reader, with
Dr Kate Lindsey and
Dr Esther de Leeuw as my committee members.
L2 accommodation-led drift: Asymmetries between L1 production and perception
Greater L2 phonetic accommodation does not predict greater L1 phonetic drift in early bilinguals
L2 influence, L1 resilience: Change and stability in early bilingual speakers of Indian English
Talk on L2 Change & L1 Stability in Early Sequential Bilinguals of Indian English
Phonetic accommodation in Hindi–English and Telugu–English early sequential bilinguals: The roles of category establishment and phonetic dissimilarity
Testing the role of L1 influence in phonetic accommodation by Indian English bilinguals
Received an NSF DDRIG for my dissertation research! I will be looking at how L2 phonetic accommodation leads to L1 production and perceptual drift in IE bilinguals across different L2 environments.