Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science
Pomona College

I am a phonologist with interests in morphology and phonetics. I teach intro linguistics, phonology, morphology, and field methods. In my research I do both theoretical and descriptive work.

You can contact me at mary.paster(at)pomona.edu.

Research interests

• Phonology - tone, vowel harmony, sound change
• Morphology - suppletive allomorphy, affix order, multiple exponence
• Phonetics - (un)naturalness, instrumental measurement and documentation
• The phonology-morphology interface
• Field linguistics / working with consultants
• African languages
• Indigenous American languages

Languages I have worked on with a consultant:

• Ga (Kwa; Ghana)
• Leggbo (Upper Cross; Nigeria)
• Achumawi (Northern Hokan; Northeastern California)
• Buchan Scots (Northeastern Scotland)
• Pulaar (West Atlantic; Senegal)
• Mixtepec Mixtec (Oto-Manguean; Mexico)
• Tiriki (Bantu; Kenya)
• Maay (Cushitic; Somalia)
• Luganda (Bantu; Uganda)
• Asante Twi (Kwa; Ghana)
• Malayalam (Dravidian; India)
• Manyika (Bantu; Zimbabwe)
• Tofingbe (Kwa; Benin)
• Kikuria (Bantu; Kenya)