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I ​am linguist and fieldworker interested in meaning. My research focuses on the modal-tense interaction and the semantics of obligations and desires. A significant part of my current work is centred on Mapudungun, a Southamerican indigenous language of the Araucanian family. I received my Ph.D from the University of Manchester.

I am also interested in language documentation. I am conducting a documentation on Chedungun, the Andean variant of Mapudungun that is spoken by the Pewenche people. The project is supported by an Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) and involves audio-visual recordings during several migratory journeys through the Pewenche highlands, in the surroundings of the Andean valley of Butalelbún, Chile. The catalogue is currently reaching 30 hours of audiovisual material in the Endangered Languages Archive. 

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I also hold a previous doctorate degree in Philosophy. I am interested in normative language and  the philosophical implications of generativism.

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