Audra E. Phillips Assistant Professor Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2017 M.A. Linguistics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA, 1988 B.M. Applied Music, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, USA, 1981 Audra Phillips has worked in for over twenty-five years, focusing on the investigation of Pwo Karen language varieties. Her research includes linguistic survey of the Pwo Karen of Central and Northern Thailand, as well as phonological descriptions of West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen and Northern Pwo Karen, along with some orthography development. Currently, she is investigating the grammatical structures in Northern Pwo Karen narrative discourse.

Publications: 2020. With Benjamin V. Tucker. Context effects on the acoustic realization of stops and affricates in Northern Pwo Karen. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 1–32. doi:10.1017/S0025100320000109. 2019. With William J. Hanna. Numeral classifiers in Tai Lue (Xishuangbanna). Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 12(2):1–34. https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/52452/01PhillipsHanna2019_2numeral. pdf 2018. West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen phonology. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 11(1):42–62. 2007. With Prang Thiengburanathum. Verb classes in Thai. In Van Valin, Robert and Elizabeth Zeitoun (Eds). Language and Linguistics, Special Issue 8.1 Role and Reference in Taiwan, 167-191. 2003. The West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen People. In TU-SIL-LRDP Committee (Eds.) Minority language orthography in Thailand: Five case studies. Bangkok, Thailand: , 64-77. 1996. Dialect comparison among the Pwo Karen of Central Thailand. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on languages and linguistics III, 1122-1162.

Conference Presentations: 2018. Northern Pwo Karen numeral classifiers. Presented at the 28th Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Conference (SEALS), Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 2015. The extended functions of Northern Pwo Karen meʼ ‘be.true’. Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, May 27-29, 2015, Payap University, , Thailand. 2014. The complementarity of Northern Pwo Karen wé and =â (despite appearances to the contrary). Paper presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, May 28-31. 2014, National Center for English Language, Yangon, Myanmar. 2013. Extended functions of the Northern Pwo Karen medial demonstrative. Paper presented at the 12th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, June 23 - 28, 2013. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 2012. The functions of the Northern Pwo Karen third person object pronouns wé (dɛ) and âʼ. Paper presented at the 45th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, October 26-28, 2012, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 2011. Thailand Pwo Karen linguistic diversity, intelligibility and pedagogical implications. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Thai Studies, July 26-28, 2011, , Bangkok, Thailand.

2011. Thailand Pwo Karen linguistic diversity: Beyond word list comparison and intelligibility testing. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, May 11-13, 2011, , Bangkok, Thailand. 2000. West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen phonology. Paper presented at the Sino-Tibetan Conference of Language and Linguistics. , Bangkok, Thailand.

Unpublished Research: 2009e. Lexical similarity in Pwo Karen. In PYU Working Papers in Linguistics 5, Audra Phillips (ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University Linguistics Department. 2009d. Omkoi Pwo Karen phonology and orthography. In PYU Working Papers in Linguistics 5, Audra Phillips (ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University. 2009c. Dawkins, Erin and Audra Phillips. A sociolinguistic survey of Pwo Karen in northern Thailand. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University Linguistics Institute and Linguistics Department. 2009b. Dawkins, Erin and Audra Phillips. An investigation of intelligibility between West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen and Northern Pwo Karen. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University Linguistics Institute and Linguistics Department. 2009a. Handbook on Adverbials. Self-published.