If you would like a preprint of any finalised articles, do write to me. I'd be happy to send them your way.
2026
- Lee, Nala H. 2026. The endangerment of Baba Malay and challenges to its revitalisation. In Shoichi Iwasaki and William O'Grady (eds) Endangered and Marginalized Languages in East and Southeast Asia. Brill. 269–289.
- Lee, Nala H., C. Yong and M.E. Varela. 2026. Between "Threatened" and "Endangered"—the validity of vitality labels. Languages 11(8): 169.
- Lee, Nala H. and H. Zhang. 2026. ChakapBot: a generative AI-powered chatbot for the revitalisation of Baba Malay. Languages 11(7): 145.
2022
- Lee, Nala H., C. Siew and N. Ng. 2022. The network nature of language endangerment hotspots. Scientific Reports 12: 10803.
- Lee, Nala H. 2022. Speech style variation in an endangered language. Linguistics Vanguard 8(s5): 637–644.
- Chacon, Thiago C., Nala H. Lee and W.D.L. Silva (eds) 2022. Language Change and Linguistic Diversity: Studies in Honour of Lyle Campbell. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Lee, Nala H. 2022. A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
- Lee, Nala H. 2022. Managing data for writing a reference grammar. In Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, Bradley McDonnell and Eve Koller (eds) The Open Handbook of Linguistic Data Management. MIT Press: Open Handbooks in Linguistics series. 287–300.
2020
- Lee, Nala H. 2020. Style variation in the second formant: what does it mean to be "refined" in Baba Malay? Language Ecology 4(1): 115–130.
- Lee, Nala H. 2020. Utilizing the matched-guise as a method of examining perceptual change in an endangered creole. Applied Linguistics 42(2): 207–229. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amaa011
- Lee, Nala H. 2020. The status of endangered contact languages of the world. Annual Review of Linguistics 6: 301–318.
2018
- Varela, M.E. and Nala H. Lee. 2018. Language documentation: a reference point for theatre and performance archives? International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 14(1): 17–33.
- Lee, Nala H. 2018. Baba Malay: diverging trends in two ecologies. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 33(1): 136–173.
- Lee, Nala H. and J. Van Way. 2018. Assessing degrees of language endangerment. In K. Rehg and L. Campbell (eds) Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages. Oxford University Press. 48–65.
- Camp, A., L. Campbell, V. Chen, Nala H. Lee, M. Magnuson, C. Mann and S. Rarrick. 2018. Writing grammars of endangered languages. In K. Rehg and L. Campbell (eds) Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages. Oxford University Press. 271–304.
- Lee, Nala H. and J. Van Way. 2018. The Language Endangerment Index. In L. Campbell and A. Belew (eds) Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. 66–78.
- Lee, Nala H. 2018. Contact languages around the world and their levels of endangerment. Language Documentation & Conservation 12: 53–79.
2016
- Lee, Nala H. and J. Van Way. 2016. Assessing levels of endangerment in the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) using the Language Endangerment Index (LEI). Language in Society 45(2): 271–292.
- Lee, Nala H. and J. Van Way. 2016. Authors' response to Grenoble on the Language Endangerment Index. Language in Society 45(2): 301–303.
2012
- Lee, Nala H. 2012. Multidisciplinary perspectives on the Austronesian homeland: a critique. Working Papers in Linguistics: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 43(4): 1–15.
- Nomoto, H. and Nala H. Lee. 2012. Realis, factuality and derived-level statives: perspectives from the analysis of Singlish got. In C. Nishida and C. Russi (eds) Building a Bridge between Linguistic Communities of the Old and the New World: Current Research in Tense, Aspect, Mood and Modality. Cahiers Chronos 25. Amsterdam: Rodopi. 219–239.
2011
- Lee, Nala H. 2011. Brain and language. In Jacob Terrell (ed.) An Introduction to the Study of Language. Class Reader. Honolulu: Linguistics Society of Hawaiʻi. 128–138.
2010
- Lee, Nala H. 2010. What are Singaporean babies actually listening to? Prosodic aspects of multilingual motherese in Singapore. In M. Cruz-Ferreira (ed.) Multilingual Norming. Peter Lang. 141–172.
Graduate and honours work
Theses
2009
- Lee, Nala H. 2009. Master of Arts (Research) thesis: One substrate, two lexifiers and the lexifier effect. Advisor: Associate Professor Bao Zhiming. National University of Singapore.
2006
- Lee, Nala H. 2006. Bachelor of Arts with Honours (English Language) thesis: Prosody and prosodic strategies of multilingual motherese in Singapore. Advisor: Dr Madalena Cruz-Ferreira. National University of Singapore.