:::: Submitted

2007                    “Towards an account of Japanese nominal compound accent: head-dependent asymmetries.” Submitted on March 27, 2007.

2007                     “Irish (headed) headless relatives: some descriptions and their theoretical implications. ” Fifth Celtic Linguistics Conference, September 7–8. Plas Gregynog, University of Wales, UK.

2007                     “Measuring in Irish.” Workshop on Determiners and Classifiers, June 5. University of Toronto/University of Western Ontario.

2006                     “Accounting for the short/long asymmetry in accent in Japanese Compounds.” Canadian Linguistic Association, May 28^th. York University, Toronto, Canada.

2006                     “Headless relative, left particle, and extraction.” Celaustronuit Workshop, August 29^th. Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto.

2005                     “Accouting for the Short-versus-Long Asymmetry.” Workshop on Japanese Phonology and Morphology, August 16^th, University of Toronto, Canada.

2004                     “The accentuation patterns of nominal compounds in Japanese: a preliminary study.” Workshop on Loanwords and Similarity, July 23^rd, University of Toronto, Canada.

2003                     “V1 and Wh-questions: A Typology.” Workshop on the Syntax of Verb Initial Languages, February 21-23, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

2002                     “Irish as a VP fronting language.” Canadian Linguistic Association, May 26^th. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

2001                     “Number and Events: Reduplication in Niuean.” with M. Haji-Abdolhosseini, D. Massam. Canadian Linguistic Association, May 25^th. Université Laval, Québec city, Canada.

2001                     “Pluractional Reduplication in Niuean.” with Mohammad Haji-Abdolhosseini and Diane Massam  Workshop on Reduplication, April 6^th. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

:: Invited Talks

2006                     “Deriving an asymmetry in Japanese nominal compounds” Syracuse University, October 27.

2006                     “Irish Headless Relatives: Some Preliminary Observations”. SynSalon, Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona, April 21.