In 2010 I completed a perceptual study pertaining to coarticulatory effects on perception of co-occurring liquids, in order to investigate the origins of liquid (lateral) dissimilation. One of the main findings suggested by the experiment is that listener compensation for liquid-to-liquid coarticulation is not compatible with the hypercorrection account hypothesized in Ohala (1993).

In 2011 I worked out of the UChicago Phonology Lab under P.I. Alan Yu, mainly on a study on how phonetic imitation (specifically VOT) is mediated by individual-level social (attitude towards interlocutor) and cognitive (working memory, personality traits) factors.

Currently I’m working on a study of heritage Spanish pertaining to the acquisition of nominal ellipsis in adult heritage speakers, as well as preparing to dive into my dissertation proposal.

curriculum vitae PDF (February 2012)

> To appear. Abrego-Collier, Carissa, Grove, J., Sonderegger, M., and Yu, A. Effects of speaker evaluation on phonetic convergence. Proceedings of ICPhS XVII.

> To appear. Abrego-Collier, Carissa. Liquid dissimilation as listener hypocorrection. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society.

> 2011. Yu, Alan C.L., Carissa Abrego-Collier, Rebekah Baglini, Tommy Grano, Martina Martinović, Charles Otte III, Julia Thomas, Jasmin Urban. Speaker attitude and sexual orientation affect phonetic imitation. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics, 17:1.

a brief, running summary of my research