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Avery Ozburn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Her research focuses on long-distance segmental phonology, particularly vowel and consonant harmony systems, with a commitment to increasing representation of under-represented languages in the discipline.
- PhD, Linguistics, University of British Columbia
- MA, Linguistics, University of Toronto
- BMath, Pure Math, University of Waterloo
Her work integrates fieldwork, theoretical analysis, corpus phonology, phonetics, and experiments. She employs evidence from language games and artificial language learning experiments to investigate phonological phenomena, emphasizing typology and motivations behind harmony patterns.
Recent publications analyze ATR (Advanced Tongue Root) systems, ejective harmony, and neutrality in vowel harmony, spanning languages like Igbo, Dagaare, Mayak, Kurmuk, Hungarian, and Lezgian. Her research often intersects with computational and experimental approaches.
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2021–2024) for studying vowels in East African languages
- LEAF Grant (2022–2025) for language profiles enriching education through cultural contextualization
