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Personal profile
Research Interests
I have worked on several topics to do with argument structure and event structure, synchronically and diachronically, as well as aspects of noun phrase structure, particularly relative clauses.
Currently, I have a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship which is for a project on the diachrony of headed relative clauses formed around indefinite/interrogative forms (such as the English WH-words) in various European languages.
Biography
I was educated at University College London, in the English Department and the Linguistics Department. I have been at Edinburgh since 2002, having previously taught at the University of Cambridge and the University of Hong Kong.
Administrative Roles
I don't currently have any administrative roles. At different times in the past, I have been
- Head of Linguistics and English Language
- Convenor of PPLS Undergraduate Board of Studies
- Director of MSc Applied Linguistics
- Director of MSc English Language
- Director of MSc Linguistics
- Director of Studies/Personal Tutor
- Member of School Management Committee
- Member of College Undergraduate Studies Committee
- Membership Secretary of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain
- PG Advisor for Linguistics and English Language
Research Groups
Cognitive Linguistics Research Group
English Language Research Group
Meaning and Grammar Research Group
Qualifications
1989 BA in English, First Class Honours, University of London (University College).
1991 MA in Modern English Language, University of London (University College).
1996 PhD in Linguistics, University of London (University College).
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Grammar change in the network
Gisborne, N., Dec 2023, (Accepted/In press) Word Grammar, Cognition and Dependency. Duran Eppler, E., Gisborne, N. & Rosta, A. (eds.). Cambridge University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Word Grammar, Cognition and Dependency
Duran Eppler, E. (ed.), Gisborne, N. (ed.) & Rosta, A. (ed.), Dec 2023, (Accepted/In press) Cambridge University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Word Grammar in its intellectual context
Gisborne, N. & Müller, S., Dec 2023, (Accepted/In press) Word Grammar, Cognition and Dependency. Duran Eppler, E., Gisborne, N. & Rosta, A. (eds.). Cambridge University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Mutual dependency and Word Grammar: Headedness in the noun phrase
Gisborne, N., 2021, Proceeedings of the Sixth International Conference on Dependency Linguistics. Stroudsburg, PA: ACL Anthology, p. 47-59Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Ten Lectures on Event Structure in a Network Theory of Language
Gisborne, N., 3 Sept 2020, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. (Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics)Research output: Book/Report › Book
Activities
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University of Oxford
Nikolas Gisborne (Visitor)
23 Apr 2023 → 17 Jun 2023Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Participles and the 'have' perfect
Nikolas Gisborne (Speaker)
3 Aug 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Mutual dependency and Word Grammar: headedness in the noun phrase
Nikolas Gisborne (Speaker)
21 Mar 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Language Networks
Nikolas Gisborne (Host), Eva Duran-Eppler (Host) & Andrew Rosta (Host)
9 Sept 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Idiomaticity and language change
Nikolas Gisborne (Speaker)
9 Sept 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation