Research interests

• Comparative linguistics
          -- in a typological sense (formation and persistence of linguistic areas)
          -- with reconstructive intentions (phonology, morphology and particularly syntax)
• Theoretical linguistics (Is there a linguistic equivalent of the Periodic Table of Elements?)
• Language families:
          -- Indo-European (most notably Italic, Germanic and [Indo-]Iranian)
          -- Yeniseian
          -- (Western-)Austronesian
• Undeciphered writing systems