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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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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 Sep 2020, Leiden: Brill. (Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Which-hunting in Medieval England
Truswell, R. & Gisborne, N., 1 Sep 2020, In: Canadian Journal of Linguistics. 65, 3, p. 326-349Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thematic roles and events
Gisborne, N. & Donaldson, J., 22 Mar 2019, The Oxford Handbook of Event Structure. Truswell, R. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 237-264Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Word grammar morphology
Gisborne, N., 21 Dec 2018, Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory. Audring, J. & Masini, F. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 327-345Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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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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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Participles and the 'have' perfect
Nikolas Gisborne (Speaker)
3 Aug 2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Nikolas Gisborne (Contributor) & Graeme Trousdale (Contributor)
8 Jan 2019 → 10 Jan 2019Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Idiomaticity and language change
Nikolas Gisborne (Speaker)
9 Sep 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2004
1/07/04 → 31/07/04
Project: Research