Maggie Tallerman
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Maggie Tallerman is a professor of linguistics at Newcastle University.[1] Her research interests include Celtic linguistics, language origins and evolution (evolutionary linguistics), language typology, morphology, and morphosyntax. She is a leading expert in the fields of language evolution and syntax of the Welsh language.
Education[]
Tallerman gained her PhD from the University of Hull in 1987 on the "Mutation and the syntactic structure of Modern Colloquial Welsh" under the supervisor Nigel B Vincent. She gained her B.A. (Hons.) in 1979 in linguistics, also at the University of Hull.[2]
Career[]
Tallerman has previously held positions at the University of Durham, Department of Linguistics, as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader (1982-2004).[1]
Tallerman's research interests include Celtic linguistics, language origins and evolution.[3] Her particular interests include Brythonic Celtic and Language Evolution.[3]
Publications[]
Her works include:
- 2015 Understanding Syntax published by Routledge.[4]
- 2012 with Kathleen Gibson, editor The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution[5].
- 2007 with Robert D. Borsley and David Willis. The Syntax of Welsh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.[6]
- Tallerman, Maggie. VSO word order and consonantal mutation in Welsh. Linguistics 1990, 28, 389–416.
Memberships[]
- EVOLANG - The International Conferences on the Evolution of Language: http://www.evolang.org/[2]
- Linguistics Association of Great Britain [1]
- Linguistic Society of America [1]
- Philological Society [1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Staff Profile - Professor Maggie Tallerman". Newcastle University.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Staff Profile - English Literature, Language and Linguistics - Newcastle University". www.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Staff Profile - English Literature, Language and Linguistics - Newcastle University". www.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
- ^ Tallerman, Maggie (2014-11-13). Understanding Syntax. Routledge. ISBN 9781317635116.
- ^ Tallerman, Maggie; Gibson, Kathleen R. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199541119.
- ^ Borsley, Robert D.; Tallerman, Maggie; Willis, David (2007-10-18). The Syntax of Welsh. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139467513.
External links[]
- Maggie Tallerman publications indexed by Google Scholar
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