Publications, Presentations, and Talks

Publications

Bates, J. (2021). Toward a typology of change in Person Marker reference. Submission to Folia Linguistica (Historica). Submission Draft.

Bates, J. & McKenzie, A. (2021). A Plural to Singular Reanalysis Cycle. Submission to Journal of Historical Syntax. JHS Link. PDF.

Bates, J. (2019). What is Definite and what is not in South Eastern Wastek. in Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics. Vol 40. Link.

Bates, J. (2019). The Lowland Mayan First Person Shift In Typological Context. In Proceedings of Form and Analysis in Mayan Linguistics 5. Link.

Marlo, M. & Bates, J. (Submitted). Tiriki Segmental Phonology. book chapter for Marlo, M. (ed.)Tiriki Grammar Sketch.

Ongoing Projects

    • [75%] When clitic ‘doubling’ isn’t doubling: Purely morphological multiple exponence in Tzeltal Mayan. Prepping for journal submission.

    • [70%] Simplification of Wastekan Set A Person Marking: Implications for Proto-Mayan. Prepping for journal submission.

    • [50%] Movement Sensitive ɸ-probes: In Bahdini Kurdish and Wastek Mayan. Prepping for journal submission.

    • [Draft] ¿De donde ‘u’? On the origins of third person absolutive marking in Wastek Mayan. Prepping for conference submission.

    • [Draft] The diachrony of transitive clitics in Wastek Mayan. Prepping for conference submission.

Presentations & Talks

2019

Bates, J. (2019). Typology of Change in Person Marker Reference, 13thConference for the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT). Slides. Handout Style.

Bates, J. & McKenzie, A. (2019). A Plural to Singular Reanalysis Cycle. 21stDiachronic Generative Syntax (DiGS). Slides. Handout.

Bates, J. (2019). Deriving the Eastern Cholan 2nd-Position Polar Question =ka from Proto-Mayan *qa. Comparative Approaches to the Diachronic Morpho-Syntax of the Indigenous Languages of North and Central America (Pre-DiGS Workshop). Slides.

Bates, J. (2019). More than just 'a little': Evidence for a low diminutive in Tseltal Mayan. 45ᵒ Incontro di Grammatica Generativa. Poster. Handout.

2018

Bates, J. (2018). Person Marking Reanalysis in Six Language Families. KU Child Language Proseminar. Slides.

Bates, J. (2018). The Lowland Mayan First Person Shift In Typological Context. Form and Analysis in Mayan Linguistics (FAMLi) 5. Handout

2017

Bates, J. (2017). Multiple Exponence in Oxchuc Tseltal. Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA) VIII. Slides

Bates, J. (2017). The effect of DIM on Tseltal Person Marking, One Possessor: Two Agreements? 50thAnniversary of KU Linguistics. Poster

Bates, J. (2017). The Essential Role of Indigenous Languages in Identifying Language Universals: The Case of Mayan Person-Making. KU Graduate Research Symposium. Research Outreach Talk. Video

2015

Bates, J. (2015). Preliminary Findings on the Reconstruction of the Mayan Existential Workshop on Structure and Constituency in the Languages of the Americas (WSCLA) 20. Handout

2012

Bates, J. (2012). Nasal-Consonant Phonology in Tiriki. African Linguistics Workshop 1. Handout

Bates, J. (2012). Linguistics Research, Bantu Linguistics, and the Tiriki Language. URMP Scholars Banquet 2012. Research Outreach Talk.