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My main interests are in formal theories of the syntax, semantics and pragmatics of natural languages and their interaction to explain observable linguistic phenomena, and, more precisely, in the development of the radical theoretical linguistic framework of Dynamic Syntax. My major responsibility in this development has been to provide articulation of the formal details needed to substantiate the major claims articulated in the theory as to how syntax can be seen as mechanisms for language relative to context, with morpho-syntactic, syntactic, and lexical specifications all interacting to this end.
01/01/1984 – 30/06/1984- Temporary Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
01/10/1984 – 30/09/1994- Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
01/10/1985 - 30/09/1989- Associate member of the Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh
01/10/1994 - 31/08/2006- Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
01/09/2006 - 31/07/2012 Reader in Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
01/08/2012 - Professor of Linguistic Semantics
2007-2010- Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
Honors/MSc:
Course organiser for Historical Linguistics (Honours), Linguistic Reconstruction and Language Classification (Honours/MSc) and Diachronic Linguistics (MSc)) and semantics (course organiser for Lexical Semantics (Honours, MSc), Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics (Honours)).
Pre-Honors:
Semantics in Linguistics 2A and proto-Indo-European and aspects of the Romance languages in Linguistics 2Lh. I am currently course organiser for Linguistics and English Language 1.
Transkills: from 2000 to 2008 I was involved in various initiatives from Transkills to do with postgraduates, in particular regularly running thesis-writing workshops for students in HSS.
Departmental and School:
1986-1992 Director of Studies
1992-1996 Head of Department (Dept. of Linguistics)
1999-2000 Head of Department (Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics)
2005-2007 Head of PPLS Graduate School
2010-2015 Convener of Pre-Honours courses in Linguistics and English Language
2016- Head of School
Faculty, Faculty Group and College:
1996-2000 Associate Dean (Postgraduate) Faculty of Arts
1996-2000 Head of Linguistics Planning Unit
2000-2002 Director of International Strategy (Arts, Divinity and Music)
2001-2002 Vice Provost Arts, Divinity and Music
2002-2004 Dean of Postgraduate Studies, College of Humanities and Social Science
University:
1993-1999 Member of University Staff Committee
1994-1999 Convener of University Harassment Advice Panel
1995-1998 Convener of University Equal Opportunities Forum
1998-1999 Co-convener of University Equal Opportunities Subcommittee
1996-2000 Member of Senatus Postgraduate Studies Committee
2001-2003 Member of University International Committee
2002-2004 Member of Senatus Postgraduate Studies Committee
2002-2004 Member of E-learning Strategy Group
2003-2004 Member of Curriculum Project Implementation Group
1976 B.A. in Classics (Upper Second Class), University College London
1979 Diploma in Linguistics (Distinction), University College London
1984 D.Phil. (Features and morphology in Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar), University of Sussex
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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