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
[in prep] Reconstructing a Proto-Kiowa-Tanoan Etymon for ‘Dog’. For submission to International Journal of American Linguistics (IJAL).
[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.
Presentations & Talks
2022
The Maya - From the Formative to Pre-Colonial Periods and Today, guest lecture series for ISD Honors History, Independence, MO, November 15-21
History In Our Hands, presentation on 3D printing for use in anthropology teaching for Truman Heartland Community Foundation at Independence Rotary Club, Independence, MO, May 17, 2022
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.
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.