I research theoretical syntax and its interface with morphology—and, potentially, phonology. My work is driven by fundamental questions: What combinatorial rules govern natural languages? How do these rules converge or diverge cross-linguistically? How does variation emerge within Universal Grammar? And what do these patterns reveal about the human capacity for language?

Empirically, my work centers on understudied and endangered languages, particularly within the Semitic family, including Neo-Aramaic languages and spoken varieties of Arabic, as well as Nilo-Saharan languages such as Shilluk. Through fieldwork with these communities, I aim to introduce new empirical insights into the theoretical domain, demonstrating how such data can potentially inform and refine (morpho)-syntactic theory.