Chris Oakden

Chris Oakden

PhD Candidate

Rutgers University

Biography

Hi! I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Linguistics at Rutgers University. My research examines phonological representation and process interactions from a computational perspective. My empirical interests are in tone, especially Chinese tone sandhi.

Interests

  • Phonological representation
  • Model theory and logic
  • Interactions and opacity

Education

  • PhD in Linguistics, 2016-Present

    Rutgers University

  • MA in East Asian Studies, 2012

    University of Arizona

  • BA in East Asian Studies and Linguistics, 2010

    University of Arizona

Papers

(2020). Some further properties of BMRS transductions. Manuscript.

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(2020). A computational analysis of tone sandhi ordering paradoxes. To appear in Supplemental Proceedings of NELS 50.

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(2020). Boolean monadic recursive schemes as a logical characterization of subsequential functions. LATA 2020.

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(2019). Tone association and output locality in non-linear structures. Supplemental Proceedings of AMP 2018.

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(2014). Disyllabic bound forms in modern Mandarin Chinese: an analysis of yiqian and yihou. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 42(1).

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Teaching

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