Maggie Tallerman

Maggie Tallerman
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Hull
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
InstitutionsNewcastle University
Durham University

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

  1. ^ a b c d e "Staff Profile - Professor Maggie Tallerman". Newcastle University.
  2. ^ a b "Staff Profile - English Literature, Language and Linguistics - Newcastle University". www.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Staff Profile - English Literature, Language and Linguistics - Newcastle University". www.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ Tallerman, Maggie (13 November 2014). Understanding Syntax. Routledge. ISBN 9781317635116.
  5. ^ Tallerman, Maggie; Gibson, Kathleen R. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199541119.
  6. ^ Borsley, Robert D.; Tallerman, Maggie; Willis, David (18 October 2007). The Syntax of Welsh. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139467513.


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