Fields of interest

• Historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction and language contact
• Descriptive linguistics
• Amerindian languages: Chibchan and other languages of the Intermediate Area, Andean languages (Quechuan, Aymaran, Uru-Chipayan languages, Mapudungun)

Research

Within the ERC-Project "The linguistic past of Mesoamerica and the Andes", I investigate the languages of the Intermediate Area and their external relations, with a special focus on Chibchan languages. My work centers on the reconstruction of elements of Proto-Chibchan and their subsequent comparison with respective elements of other indigenous languages of the Americas.

Curriculum vitae

2012-present
PhD student, LUCL

2009-2012
Instructor for Mapuche and Aymara, University of Bonn; school psychologist

2003-2009
MA (Diplom) Psychology, University of Bonn

2005-2006
MA (Maîtrise)
Contemporanean Societies – Europe-Americas, University of Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle

2002-2007
MA (Magister)
Anthropology of the Americas, University of Bonn, granted by the German National Academic Foundation (2004-2007)

Teaching activities

• Language and culture of the Mapuche
• Aymara
• Quechua

Key publications

• Urban, M., H. Reyes-Centeno, K. Bellamy, and M. Pache. (Forthcoming), The areal typology of western Middle and South America: towards a comprehensive view. Linguistics.
• Pache, M. (2018), Lengua X: An Andean puzzle. International Journal of American Linguistics 84 (2): 265–85.
• Pache, M., Mossel, A. & Adelaar, W.F.H (forthcoming), Language contact and change in the Americas: The model of Filippo Salvadore Gilij. In: Dakin, K., Parodi, C. & Operstein, N. (Eds.) Language Contact and Change in Mesoamerica and Beyond. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
• Pache, M. (2016), The grammaticalization of plant-part terms in Chibchan languages. International Journal of American Linguistics, 82 (4): 425–452.
• Pache, M. (2016), Evidence for a genealogical link between Pumé (Yaruro) and Chocoan. Language Dynamics and Change, 6(1): 99-155.
• Pache, M., Wichmann, S. & Zhivlov, M. (2016), Words for ‘dog’ as a diagnostic of language contact in the Americas. In: Berez-Kroeker, A. L., Hintz, D. M. & and Jany, C. (Eds.) Language Contact and Change in the Americas. Studies in honor of Marianne Mithun. (Studies in Language Companion Series, 173). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 385-409.
• Pache, M. (2015), Morphosyntactic properties of Chibchan verbal person marking. Linguistic Discovery, 13(2): 80-95.
• Pache M. (2014), Lexical evidence for pre-Inca language contact of Mapudungun (Mapuche) with Quechuan and Aymaran. Journal of Language Contact, 7(2): 345-379.
• Pache M. (2013), Surprise! ... and its encoding in Kamsá and other languages of western South America. In: Heinrich H., Grauer H. (Eds.) Wege im Garten der Ethnologie. Zwischen dort und hier. Festschrift für María Susana Cipolletti. (Collectanea Instituti Anthropos, 46). Sankt Augustin: Academia. 203-221.
• Röhr-Sendlmeier U. M., Jöris, A. & Pache, M. (2012), Lern- / Leistungsmotivation und sozio-kulturelle Herkunft. Bildung und Erziehung, 65(4): 459-476.
• Pache, M. (2012), The fox in the Andes. An alternative interpretation of the trickster. Anthropos, 107(2): 481-496.