4th year student Juan Cancel presented a paper entitled “A reanalysis of syllabic and rhythmic gradation in Nganasan as a single consonant gradation process” at the 31st Manchester Phonology Meeting last May.
In addition, Juan also gave a talk, titled “Metrical Incoherence or Opacity: A Stratal OT Analysis of Rhythmic Gradation in Nganasan”, at the Congressus XIV Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum (CIFU) held in Tartu. You can read the abstract here.
Below are two photos of the beautiful campus of University Manchester (left) and University of Tartu (right):
