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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
My work is in the area of theoretical syntax, with particular reference to English and the other Germanic languages. I have a particular interest in the syntax of Faroese. In the past I have also worked on Japanese.
Qualifications
1991 PhD in Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
1987 MA in Linguisics, University of Pennsylvania
1983 MA (1st class) in Modern Languages, King’s College, University of Cambridge
Visiting and Research Positions
2017: Visiting Professor, Kyoto University (February–May)
2007: Professor of Syntax, University of Edinburgh
1999–2007: Reader, University of Edinburgh
Teaching
I develop and teach courses in both the undergraduate and graduate programmes in PPLS, primarily in my main research area of syntax
Websites
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English contracted negation revisited: Evidence from varieties of Scots
Thoms, G., Adger, D., Heycock, C., Jamieson, E. & Smith, J., 25 May 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Language.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Person effects in agreement with Icelandic low nominatives: An experimental investigation
Heycock, C. & Hartmann, J., 27 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deriving ‘late merge’ with External Remerge
Thoms, G. & Heycock, C., 22 Dec 2022, NELS 52: Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society. Bakay, Ö., Pratley, B., Neu, E. & Deal, P. (eds.). Amherst, MA: GLSA Publications, Vol. 3. p. 159-172 14 p. (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Copular sentences
Heycock, C., 6 Jan 2021, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Semantics. Gutzmann, D., Matthewson, L., Meier, C., Rullmann, H. & Zimmerman, T. E. (eds.). 1st ed. Wiley-BlackwellResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Cross-Linguistic Influence on L2 before and after extreme reduction in input: The case of Japanese returnee children
Kubota, M., Heycock, C., Sorace, A. & Rothman, J., 18 Sept 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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More than one way to say when?
Caroline Heycock (Assessor)
2 May 2023Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Where is When?
Caroline Heycock (Invited speaker)
26 Apr 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Before and After When
Caroline Heycock (Invited speaker)
8 Apr 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Adverbial clauses: Between subordination and coordination
Caroline Heycock (Presenter)
21 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive and Linguistic Studies
Caroline Heycock (Presenter) & Ur Shlonsky (Presenter)
30 Jun 2022 → 15 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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Elected as Fellow of The British Academy
Heycock, Caroline (Recipient), Sept 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
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President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain
Heycock, Caroline (Recipient), 31 Jan 2020
Prize: Other distinctions
Projects
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True versus Intrusive Resumption: A Cross-Linguistic Investigation
Sterian, L. & Heycock, C.
1/01/18 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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AThEME : AThEME Advancing the European Multilingual Experience (RTD)
Sorace, A., Branigan, H., Heycock, C. & Pickering, M.
1/03/14 → 28/02/19
Project: Research
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AThEME: Advancing the European Multilingual Experience (RTD)
Sorace, A., Branigan, H., Heycock, C. & Pickering, M.
1/03/14 → 28/02/19
Project: Research
Datasets
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Up or down? Resolving agreement in copular sentences
Heycock, C. (Creator) & Hartmann, J. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 1 Dec 2019
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2329
Dataset