General linguistics; linguistic diversity and linguistic typology; language change; Uralic, Altaic and Palaeosiberian languages and linguistics; documentation and description of endangered languages
Dr Miranda Morris' research interests focus on the six unwritten Semitic languages of southern Arabia and Soqotra, known as the Modern South Arabian Languages (MSAL), and the fast-disappearing knowledge systems and cultural practices of their speakers.
The philological and historical studies of Sogdian and other Middle Iranian texts unearthed from the area along the ancient Silk Roads
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