Maya Wax Cavallaro in Guatemala, Mexico

This summer, PhD student Maya Wax Cavallaro spent three weeks in San Pedro la Laguna, Sololá, Guatemala, conducting fieldwork on Tz’utujil (a Mayan language). Then, Maya spent another three weeks in Santiago Laxopa, Oaxaca, Mexico, studying Santiago Laxopa Zapotec (an Otomanguean language). During her time in these regions, she collected data for her dissertation, focusing on the phonetic and phonological processes involved in the devoicing of domain-final sonorant consonants. 

(Maya in Guatemala)

(Maya in Oaxaca)