Pittayawat
(Joe) Pittayaporn
พิทยาวัฒน์
พิทยาภรณ์
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My research areas include historical linguistics, and
phonology. I am most interested in languages of Mainland Southeast Asia,
especially Kra-Dai (formerly known as Tai-Kadai), Austroasiatic, and Mainland
Austronesian languages. My research in phonology concerns metrical, tonal, and
prosodic phenomena. In historical linguistics, I am deeply interested in
diachronic and areal aspects of these phenomena as well as historical
reconstruction and dialect subgrouping. I approach these issues from
theoretical perspectives based on solid empirical data, especially from
fieldwork.
The
Proto-Tai Project
Reconstruction
of Proto-Tai and subgrouping of its daughter languages. Relationships between Tai and other
Kra-Dai languages, as well as their deeper affinity. History of individual
Kra-Dai subgroups or varieties.
Tonosphere
Diachronic
and synchronic aspects of tones, registers, and intonation. Interaction between
these suprasegmental contrasts and metrical, and prosodic structures.
Synchronic
and Diachronic Studies of Mon-Khmer
Sesquisyllabicity
in Mon-Khmer languages. Contact between Mon-Khmer and Tai languages.
Chronology-Sensitive
Phylogenetic Approach to Subgrouping
Subgrouping
of modern languages using traditional linguistics analysis supplemented by
phylogenetic methods in biology. Theory of subgrouping.
From
PAN to Moken
History
and phonology of Moken and Moklen of Southern Thailand. Their implications to
the history of Chamic and Acehness.
Fieldwork
2008
· Jinxiu dialect of Lakkja
(Kra-Dai),
· Tai dialect of Shangsi (Kra-Dai),
2007
· Tai dialects of
· Acehnese (Austronesian). Field
method class at Cornell.
2005
· Kapong dialect of Phu Thai,
· Balinese (Austronesian). Field
method class at Cornell.
2004
· Rawai dialect of Moken
(Austronesian),
2002
· Red Palaung (Austroasiatic),
Last update October 1, 2009