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 Thailand for over twenty-five years, focusing on the investigation of Pwo Karen varieties. Her research has included 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 use of nominals, including nominalizations, in Northern Pwo Karen narrative discourse.

Publications: 2017. An evaluation of sound to symbol correspondences in the Northern Pwo Karen Thai-based orthography. Proceedings of the Payap University Research Symposium 2017, Chiang Mai, 10 February 2017. Payap University: Research and Academic Service Affairs, 497-509. (Available online) 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. (Available online) 2003. The West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen People. In TU-SIL-LRDP Committee (Eds.) Minority language orthography in Thailand: Five case studies. Bangkok, Thailand: Thammasat University, 64-77. 2000. West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen phonology. 33rd ICSTLL Papers, Bangkok: Ramkhamhaeng University, 99-110. 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: 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, Chiang Mai, 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, Mahidol University, 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, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. 2000. West-Central Thailand Pwo Karen phonology. Paper presented at the Sino-Tibetan Conference of Language and Linguistics. Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Unpublished Research: 2009b. Lexical similarity in Pwo Karen. In PYU Working Papers in Linguistics 5, Audra Phillips (ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University Linguistics Department. (Available online) 2009c. Omkoi Pwo Karen phonology and orthography. In PYU Working Papers in Linguistics 5, Audra Phillips (ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University. (Available online)

2009. Dawkins, Erin and Audra Phillips. A sociolinguistic survey of Pwo Karen in northern Thailand. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University Linguistics Institute and Linguistics Department. (Available online)

2009. 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. (Available online)

2009. Handbook on Adverbials. Self-published. 2004. The noun phrase in west-central Thailand Pwo Karen. Research report. Department of Linguistics, Payap University.