Professional history
*Professor in Phonology and Morphology, University of Cambridge, 2021- *Reader in Phonology and Morphology, University of Cambridge, 2010-2021 *University Lecturer in Phonology and Morphology, University of Cambridge, 2006-2010 *Professor of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 2003-2006 *Asst. and Assoc. Professor of Linguistics, Harvard University, 1994-2003 *PhD, Harvard University, 1994 Vaux's Law (as labelled by Avery & Idsardi 2001, Iverson & Salmons 2003), which he first formulated in a 1998 article in ''Linguistic Inquiry'', states that Larynx, laryngeally unspecified – i.e. voiceless – Fricative consonant, fricatives become [GW]/[sg] ([Glottal Width]/[spread glottis]) in systems contrasting fricatives without reference to [GW]/[sg]; thus they are to be Aspiration (phonetics), aspirated or, more technically, to be pronounced with a spread glottis.Avery, Peter and William J. Idsardi (2001) "Laryngeal dimensions, completion and enhancement," in T. Alan Hall, ed.,Selected publications
*"The Phonology of Armenian", Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. *"Introduction to Linguistic Field Methods", Munich: Lincom Europa, 1999. *"Rules, Constraints, and Phonological Phenomena", Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. (ed. with Andrew Nevins) *"Linguistic Field Methods", Wipf & Stock Publishers (January 2007) *"Laryngeal markedness and aspiration" (with Bridget Samuels), Phonology (journal), Phonology 22:395-436, 2005. *"Syllabification in Armenian, Universal Grammar, and the lexicon," Linguistic Inquiry 34.1, 2003. *"Feature spreading and the representation of place of articulation" (with Morris Halle and A. Wolfe) Linguistic Inquiry 31, 2000. *"The laryngeal specifications of fricatives," Linguistic Inquiry 29.3, 1998. *"The status of ATR in feature geometry," Linguistic Inquiry 27, 1996. *"Eastern Armenian: A Textbook", Caravan Books, 2003.Publications mentioning Vaux's Law
*"Distinctive Feature Theory" by T. Alan Hall, Walter de Gruyter, 2001, *"Affricates and the phonetic implementation of laryngeal contrast in Italian", Martin Kraemer, University of Ulster, February 2004 *"An exception to final devoicing" by Marc van Oostendorp, Meertens Instituut/KNAWNotable press
Vaux is frequently consulted by the press for linguistic articles. For example, in 2004 he discussed product names that contain place names, such as Coney Island hot dogs. In 2005 he was interviewed in ''USA Today'' regarding the differences in regions of the United States about whether to call carbonated soft drinks "soda", or "pop", or "coke". In 2002–2003 his survey to create a linguistics map for the United States was mentioned in the press. In 2005 the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' mentioned his research about how musician vocabulary affects vocabulary at large.Notes
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