Adger: CV

David Adger

1. PERSONAL DETAILS

David J Adger
Department of Linguistics,
School of Modern Languages
Queen Mary, University of London,
Mile End Road,
E1 4NS

email: d.j.adger@qmul.ac.uk
web: http://www.alpha.qmul.ac.uk/~mlw011
phone: 07947 883 946 (mob); (020) 7247 1490 (home); (020) 7882 3367 (work)

2. QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D. (1994) Functional Heads and Interpretation. Centre for Cognitive Science,
University of Edinburgh
MSc. (Distinction) (1990) Cognitive Science and Natural Language Processing,
University of Edinburgh
MA. (First Class) (1989) Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh

3. PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Present Position: Professor of Linguistics, Queen Mary, University of London,

(September 2006- present).

Previous Positions: Reader in Linguistics (= Associate Professor), Queen Mary,

University of London, (September 2002-August 2006).
Lecturer in Linguistics (= Assistant Professor), University of York,
(October 1993-September 2002)

4. PUBLICATIONS

Books, Edited Volumes, Special Issues

1. Harbour, D Adger, D and Bejar, S (eds) Phi Theory: phi features across interfaces and
modules. OUP. In press.

2. Trousdale, G. and Adger, D (eds) (2007) Journal of English Language and Linguistics.
Special Issue on Theoretical Accounts of Dialect Variation. Vol. 11.2.

3. Adger, D., de Cat, C., and Tsoulas, G.(eds) (2004) Peripheries: syntactic edges and their
effects. Kluwer: Dordrecht. (442pp)

4. Adger, D. (2003) Core Syntax. Oxford University Press: Oxford. (425pp)

5. Adger, D., Pintzuk, S., Plunkett, B. and Tsoulas, G. (eds) (1999) Specifiers: Minimalist
Perspectives. Oxford University Press: Oxford. (344pp)

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Articles in Journals/Refereed Volumes (NB: ‘in press’ signifies that the piece has
undergone final revisions and is at proof stage or later)

6. Adger, D. In Press. “Variability and Modularity: A Response to Hudson” Journal of

Linguistics 43.3.

7. Adger, D, and Harbour, D. In press “Why Phi?” in Adger, et al. (eds) Phi-theory: phi
features across interfaces and modules. OUP. (32pp)

8. Adger, D. and Trousdale, G. 2007. “Variation in English Syntax: Theoretical

Implications” English Language and Linguistics 11:261-278.

9. Adger, D. 2007 “Stress and Phasal Syntax”, Linguistic Analysis 33:238-266.

10. Adger, D. 2007. “Pronouns postpose at PF” Linguistic Inquiry 38:343-349.

11. Adger, D. 2007 “Three domains of finiteness: a minimalist perspective” in I. (eds)

Finiteness: theoretical and empirical foundations. Oxford: Oxford University Press 23-
58.

12. Adger D. and Harbour, D., 2007 “The Syntax and Syncretisms of the Person Case
Constraint”, Syntax 10:2-37

13. Adger, D. 2006. “Combinatorial Variation” Journal of Linguistics. 42:503-530

14. Adger, D. 2006. “Remarks on feature theory and movement” Journal of Linguistics.
42:663-674

15. Adger, D. 2006. “Post Syntactic Movement and the Old Irish Verb” Natural Language
and Linguistic Theory 24:605-654

16. Adger, D. and Ramchand, G. 2006. “Dialect variation in Gaelic relative clauses” in W.
McLeod (ed) Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig. Dunedin Academic Press. 1-15.

17. Breheny, R and Adger, D. 2005 “Commentary on Exaptation and Linguistic

Explanation” Lingua, 115.12, 1673-1677.

18. Adger, D. and Smith, J. 2005 “Variation and the Minimalist Programme” in L. Cornips
and K. Corrigan (eds) Syntax and Variation: Reconciling the Biological and the Social.
John Benjamins: 149-178.

19. Adger, D. and Ramchand, G. 2005 “Merge vs Move: wh-dependencies revisited”

Linguistic Inquiry, 36.2, 161-193.

20. Adger, D. and Tsoulas, G. 2004 “Circumstantial adverbials and aspect” in S. Engelberg,
J.R. Austin, G. Rauh, eds, The Syntax of Adverbials, John Benjamins, 45-66.

21. Adger, D and de Cat, C. 2004 “Core questions about the edge” in Adger et al (eds)
Peripheries: syntactic edges and their effects, Kluwer: Dordrecht, 1-18.

22. Adger, D. Béjar, S. & Harbour, D. 2003 “Directionality in Allomorphy: a reply to

Carstairs-McCarthy” Transactions of the Philological Society 101.1, 109-115.

23. Adger, D. & Ramchand, G. 2003 “Predication and Equation“ Linguistic Inquiry, 34.3,
325-359.

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24. Adger, D. & Quer, J. 2001 “The syntax and semantics of Unselected Embedded
Questions” Language 77.1,107-133.

25. Adger, D. & Rhys, C.S. 2001 “Eliminating disjunction in lexical specification” in P.
Coopmans, M. Everaert & J. Grimshaw, eds, Lexical Specification and Insertion, John
Benjamins, 1-26.

26. Adger, D. 2000 “Feature Checking under Adjacency and VSO Clause Structure” in R.
Borsley, (ed) The Nature and Function of Syntactic Categories, Academic Press, New
York. 79 -100.

27. Adger, D., Plunkett, B., Tsoulas, G., and Pintzuk, S. 1999 “Specifiers in Generative
Grammar” in Adger et al. (eds) Specifiers: Minimalist Perspectives Oxford, Oxford
University Press, 1-22.

28. Adger, D. & Quer, J., 1998 “Clausal Polar Determiners in Catalan Embedded Questions”
in F. Roca and O. Fullana, (eds) Studies on the Syntax of Central Romance Languages
Girona, University of Girona Press, 65-82.

29. Adger, D. 1997 “VSO and Weak Pronouns in Celtic” Canadian Journal of Linguistics,
42.1 9-31.

30. Adger, D. 1997 “Deriving the parameterisation of the Mapping Hypothesis” in A.

Alexiadou and T. A. Hall (eds) Studies on Universal Grammar and Typological
Variation, Amsterdam, John Benjamins, 109-134.

31. Adger, D. 1996 “Economy and Optionality: the interpretation of subjects in Italian”
Probus, Vol 8.2, 117-135.

32. Adger, D. 1996 “Aspect, Agreement and Measure Phrases in Scottish Gaelic” in R.
Borsley and I. Roberts (eds) The Syntax of the Celtic Languages, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 200-222.

Conference Proceedings and Working Papers

33. Adger, D. and Ramchand, G. 2007 “Psych nouns and the structure of predication” in A-
R. Deal et al (eds) Proceedings of NELS 36. GLSA, UMass, Amherst.

34. Adger, D. 2006 “Fracturing the Adjective: evidence from Gaelic comparatives” in D.
Harbour (ed) QMUL Occasional Papers in Linguistics1. QMUL, London.

35. Adger, D. and Harbour, D 2005 “The Syntax and Syncretisms of the Person Case
Constraint” in Hiraiwa, K and Sabbagh, J MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 50. MIT,
1-36.

36. Adger, D. and Ramchand, G. 2001 “Predication and Equation” in N. Zang (ed) The
Syntax of Predication, ZAS Papers in Linguistics, Vol 26, 1-22, ZAS, Berlin.

37. Adger, D. and Ramchand, G. 2002 “Phases and Interpretability” in Megerdoomain, K.

and Bar-el, L.A (eds) Proceedings of WCCFL 20, Cascadilla Press, Somerville, 1-14.

38. Adger, D. 2001 “V1 Phenomena and the Syntax Prosody Interface” in R. Billeray and
B. D. Lillehaugen (eds) Proceedings of WCCFL 19, Cascadilla Press, Somerville, 1-14.

39. Adger, D. & Tsoulas, G. 2000 “Aspect and lower VP adverbials” in A. Alexiadou and P.
Svenonius (eds) Adverbs and Adjunction. Linguistics in Potsdam, University of
Potsdam, 1-18.

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40. Adger, D. & Tsoulas, G. 1999 “The syntax and semantics of Merge” in P. Sauzet (ed)
Proceedings of Langues et Grammaire 3, CNRS, Paris, 5-20.

41. Adger, D. & Quer, J. 1997 “Subjunctives, Clausal Polarity Items and Unselected
Embedded Questions” in K. Kusumoto (ed) Proceedings of NELS 27. p 170-188.

42. Adger, D. 1995 “Meaning Movement and Economy” in R. Aranovich et al. (eds)
Proceedings of WCCFL 13, Stanford, CSLI Publications, 451-466.

43. Adger, D. 1994 “The Licensing of Quasi-Arguments” in P. Ackema & M.

Schoorlemmer (eds) Proceedings of CONSOLE 1, The Hague, Holland Academic
Graphics, 1-18.

44. Adger, D. 1993 “Aspectual Chains and Quasi-Arguments” in Proceedings of SCIL 4,

MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 20,. Cambridge, Massachussetts, MIT, 1-17.

Research Reports

45. Adger, D. & Rhys C.S. 1994 “Argument Structure and the English Gerund” in C.S Rhys,
D. Adger & A. von Klopp (eds) Functional Categories, Argument Structure and
Parametric Variation, EUCCS-WP-09, Centre for Cognitive Science, University of
Edinburgh, 27-48.

46. Rhys, C.S. , D. Adger & A. von Klopp (eds) 1994 Functional Categories, Argument
Structure and Parametric Variation, EUCCS-WP-09, Centre for Cognitive Science,
University of Edinburgh.

47. Adger, D. 1991 "Control into intentional events". Research Paper EUCCS/RP-50,
Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh.

48. Adger, D. 1989 "Heuristic Input Redaction". Technical Report HPLB-ISC-TR-89-001,

Hewlett Packard Research Laboratories, Bristol.

49. Stenton, P., D. Proudian, S. Whittaker and D. Adger. 1989 "Supporting Set
Manipulation Dialogues for Information Retrieval". Technical Report HPLB-ISC-TR-
020, Hewlett Packard Research Laboratories, Bristol.

50. Adger, D. 1988 "Split Transitivity, Agreement and Unification" DAI. Discussion Paper
69, Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.

51. Adger, D. 1987 "A Mechanism for Parsing Parasitic Gaps" DAI. Discussion Paper 42,
Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.

Reviews etc.

52. Adger, D. “Review of Hoekstra 2005, Arguments and Structure” Lingua. In Press.

53. Adger, D. 2002 “Review of Jackendoff 2002: Foundations of Language” Times Literary
Supplement, June 21st.

54. Adger, D. 2001 “Peripheral Positions” Conference Report. Glot International, 5.3.

55. Adger, D. 2000 “Review of Torrego 1998, Dependencies of Objects” in Journal of

Linguistics, Vol 36, 195-199.

56. Adger, D. 1996 “Syntactic Categories” Conference Report. Glot International, 2.4.

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57. Adger, D. 1996 “Review of Diesing 1992, Indefinites” in Journal of Linguistics, Vol 31,
570-571.

58. Adger, D. 1995 “Functional Heads and Interpretation” Thesis Summary, Glot
International, Vol 1.1, 8-10. (Published with a review by E. Hoekstra).

Teaching Related Publications

59. Adger, D. “How on Earth do they do it: an extra-terrestrial view on syntax and
phonology” EMagazine, 24, 58-59 (April, 2004)

60. Adger, D. “Syntax: Generative Grammar” Language, Linguistics and Area Studies
Website Guide To Good Practice, (October 2002)
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=402

61. Adger, D. “Why Theory is Essential” Language, Linguistics and Area Studies
Website Guide To Good Practice, (October 2002)
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=405

62. Adger, D. “Formal Models in Linguistics: Semantics ” Language, Linguistics and

Area Studies Website Guide To Good Practice, (October 2002)
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=407

63. Adger, D. 1994 "Transformations" in R.E. Asher (ed) The Encyclopaedia of Language
and Linguistics, Pergamon Press, Oxford.

64. Adger, D. 1994 "Structure, Deep and Surface" in R.E. Asher (ed) The Encyclopaedia of
Language and Linguistics, Pergamon Press, Oxford.

5. RESEARCH AWARDS

Date Principal Title Award body Amount

investigators
2006- Adger The Grammar Meaning Leverhulme (Major £119,791
2009 Connection: Evidence from Research Fellowship)
Scottish Gaelic
2004–20 Adger The syntax information structure AHRC (Major £192,000
07 interface in a polysynthetic Research Grant)
language
2004 – Roberts, Adger Advanced Core Training in AHRC (Graduate £10,000
2006 Borsley, Linguistics Training Consortium)
Breheny, van
der Koot,
Neeleman
2004 Adger, Bejar, Workshop on Phi-Features SSHRC (Canadian $10,000
Harbour Research Council)
2001 Adger The syntax/prosody interface: AHRC (Research £9,991
evidence from Modern Scottish Leave)
Gaelic
2000 Adger, Plunkett Peripheral Positions British Academy £1,500
and Tsoulas (Conference Support
Grant)
2000 Adger North East Syntax Seminar York Innovation £2, 061
Fund
1997- Adger, Relativization Strategies in British Academy £3,300
2000 Ramchand Modern Scottish Gaelic

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2000 Ramchand Modern Scottish Gaelic

1995- Adger Conditions on Object Shift in York Innovation £3, 330
1997 Scottish Gaelic Fund
1996 Adger, Plunkett Specifiers York Conference £1, 200
Support Grant

6. CONFERENCE PAPERS

2007

• Features and Functional Categories Keynote Lecture, Workshop on Features

(Kings College London, September 2007)
• Bare Resumptives Keynote Lecture, Resumptives at the Interfaces, (University of
Paris VII, June 2007)
• Where is Variability in the Grammar? Plenary lecture: Formal Approaches to
Variation in Syntax, (University of York, May 2007)
• V1 and Cl2 Keynote lecture at the V1/V2 Conference, (University of Leiden,
April 2007)
• Feature Intervention, Information Structure and Word Order (with Daniel Harbour)
30th GLOW Colloquium, (University of Tromso, Norway April 2007)
• Coccurrrence and Order in Kiowa (with Daniel Harbour) Information Structure and
Syntax Workshop, (Queen Mary February 2007)

2005

• Combinatorial Variation in Inflection, 19-20th December, VARIFLEX, Amsterdam

(Invited Plenary)
• The Structure of Psychological Predication, 28-30th October, NELS, Amherst
Massachusetts (with Gillian Ramchand)
• Anaphor Agreement Mismatches, 7-9th October, Advances in Binding Theory, Stuttgart
(Invited Talk)
• Variation without Parameters, 5-7th September, Structure of Parametric Variation,
Newcastle
• The syntax-discourse interface in a polysynthetic language, 1-4th September, Linguistics
Association of Great Britain (with Daniel Harbour and Laurel Watkins)
• Psych Nouns and the Structure of Predication, 1-4th September, Linguistics Association
of Great Britain (with Gillian Ramchand)

2004

• Phi features, resumption and anti-agreement, 26-28th November, Generative

Approaches to Contrastive Linguistics, University of Cyprus (Invited talk)
• Number and Person in Predication and Anaphora, 27-29th August, Phi Features
Across Modules and Interfaces, University of Montreal.
• Dialect Variation in Gaelic Relatives (with Gillian Ramchand), 21-23 July, Rannsachadh
na Gàidhlig, University of Edinburgh

2003

• Agreement and The Person Case Constraint (with Daniel Harbour), 29.11.03, York-
Essex Morphology Meeting (Invited talk)
• Minimalism in Linguistics, 9-11th July, European Society for Psychology and
Philosophy, Turin, Italy. (Invited Plenary)
• Variation and the Minimalist Program (with Jen Smith), 12-14th June, ICLAVE,
Uppsala, Sweden
• Stress and Phasal Syntax, 9-12th April, GLOW Colloquium, Lund, Sweden

2002

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• Relativisation, Agreement and Locality (Invited Plenary) On Wh-Movement

Conference 11-13th September, Leiden, Holland. (with Gillian Ramchand)
• Event Structure and Passives (Invited talk), Workshop on complex event structure, 1-
3rd September, Konstanz, Germany.
• Prosody and syntax in a VSO language, (Invited talk) Workshop on VSO languages,
3-4th May, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Microvariation in Celtic Relatives (with Gillian Ramchand) 9-11th April, GLOW
Colloquium, Amsterdam.
• Pronouns and Equatives (with Gillian Ramchand) 6-9th April, West Coast Conference
on Formal Linguistics, Santa Cruz.

2001
• Predication and Equation (Gillian Ramchand) 2-3rd November: ZAS Workshop on
Predication, Berlin.
• Relativisation in Literary and Colloquial Welsh 4th-5th July, Welsh Syntax Seminar
University of Wales (Gregynog).
• Allomorphy: Adjacency and Agree (with Daniel Harbour and Susana Bejar) 8-11th
April GLOW Colloquium.
• The syntax of preverbal elements (Invited talk) (with Daniel Harbour), Feb 28 - March
3 DGfS, Leipzig.
• Interpretability and Phases (with Gillian Ramchand) 23-25th February West Coast
Conference on Formal Linguistics, Los Angeles.

2000
• Close relatives? Gaelic and Welsh relativisation strategies, 21st June, Welsh Syntax
Seminar, Gregynog, University of Wales.
• Predication and comparison in Scottish Gaelic, (Invited Plenary) 12-15th May,
International Celtic Linguistics Conference, UCD, Dublin.
• Strategies for wh: derivation and representation in Scottish Gaelic questions and
relatives (with Gillian Ramchand), 16th April, GLOW Colloquium, Vitoria, The Basque
Country.
• First Position Phenomena and the syntax/prosody interface, 4th February, West Coast
Conference on Formal Linguistics, UCLA, Los Angeles.

1993-1999: 20 other conference papers, 10 international, 4 invited plenaries.

7. INVITED LECTURES

2007

• Variability in Syntax University of California at Los Angeles (7th February 2007)

• Biolinguistics? School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary (March 2007)

2006

• A’ cur air doigh sgrùdadh `variationist’ air Gàidhlig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, University
of the Highlands and Islands Millenium Institute, Isle of Skye (12th December 2006)
• Gaelic Psych-Nominals 31st March, University of Lund, Sweden
• The Structure of Psychological Predication 30th January, University of Oxford.

2005

• The syntax-discourse interface and free word order (with Daniel Harbour) 4th
October, SOAS.
• Polysynthesis is polyparametric (with Daniel Harbour) 14th March University of
Newcastle.

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• Variation and Syntactic Theory, 21st January, University of Groningen

2004

• Variation and Syntactic Theory, 8th October, University of Tromso

• Variability in Negative Concord, 31st September, University of Oslo
• Variability in Agreement, 30th September, University of Oslo
• The syntax and semantics of comparatives in Gaelic, 10th May, University of
York.
• Variation is in the lexicon, not the syntax, 29th April, RCEAL, Cambridge
• The syntax and syncretisms of the person case constraint, 2nd April, New York
University, New York.
• Comparatives in Scottish Gaelic, 3rd February, University of Manchester

2003

• The morphology syntax interface and the person case constraint, 10th December,
University College London
• Movement in Celtic Relatives, 24th November, Kings College, London
• Predication and Equation, 12th November, Minimalist Reading Group, University
College London
• Phases and Prosody in Celtic, 31 January, School of Oriental and African Studies,
London

2002
• Locality in Allomorphy, 9th January, SILEX Research Group, University of Lille III.

2001
• Syntax and Prosody in Scottish Gaelic, 25th October, University of Essex
Colloquium Series
• The structure of Spellout: evidence from Old Irish, 18th October University of
Cambridge Linguistics Society.

2000
• VSO structure and Linguistic Theory, 12th October Concordia University, Montréal.
• Parametric variation in Relative Constructions, 10th October The Asymmetry
Research Group, UQAM, Montréal.
• Strategies for wh, 18th September, Ling Lunch Seminar, MIT, Cambridge Mass.
• Polar Determiners in Clauses, 28th September, LF Reading Group Seminar, MIT,
Cambridge, Mass.
• The syntax and phonology of the Old Irish verbal complex, 18th February, The
Philological Society - Invited Lecture, SOAS, London.
• V1 in Old Irish - prosody or syntax? 8th February, Stanford University Invited
Lecture, Stanford, California.

1993-1999: 14 other invited lectures, 6 international.

8. EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES AND REFEREEING

• Founding and General Editor (with Hagit Borer) of Oxford Studies in Linguistic
Theory (Oxford University Press). 16 volumes published so far; 3 in press.
• Editor of Syntax (with Prof S. Flynn, MIT), Blackwells.
• Member of the Editorial Board of Lingua; The Journal of Comparative Germanic
Linguistics; Biolinguistics; The Journal of Linguistics
• Founding and Consulting Editor on Oxford Texts in Core Linguistics (Oxford
University Press)
• Refereeing of Articles: The Journal of Linguistics; Linguistic Inquiry; Lingua;
Language, The Linguistic Review; Natural Language and Linguistic Theory; Journal

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of Comparative Germanic Linguistics; Syntax; Canadian Journal of Linguistics;

Transactions of the Philological Society; English Language and Linguistics; Trends
in Cognitive Sciences; Morphology
• Refereeing of Books: Oxford University Press (UK and USA); Edward Arnold
Publishers; Cambridge University Press; Basil Blackwell; CSLI Publications; John
Benjamins; Kluwer
• Refereeing of Conference Abstracts: NELS (1996 - present); WCCFL (1997 -
present); GLOW (2001 - present), CLS (2005 – present) among many others
• Grant applications and grant review reports: Arts and Humanities Research
Board/Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Norwegian Research
Council, Dutch Research Council; National Science Foundation; National
Endowment for the Humanities; European Science Foundation.

9. OTHER RESEARCH RELATED ACTIVITIES

(i) Organiser

• Information Structure and Syntax Conference funded as part of AHRC grant.

(Queen Mary, London February 2007)
• Phi Features across Grammatical Modules. Conference funded by SSHRC in
Montreal (August 2004)
• Minimalism in Linguistics Panel Convener for European Society for Psychology and
Philosophy (July 2003)
• International conference on Peripheral Positions, University of York (September
2000)
• International Summer School in Linguistics, Debrecen, Hungary (July 1998)
• International conference on Specifiers, University of York (March 1996)
• LAGB parasession on Focus and Ellipsis University of Essex (April 1995)

(ii) University External Research Roles

• Member of Linguistics Strategy Group 2005 – 2007.

• Member of AHRB Research College 2004 – present (main body for assessing
AHRB research grants)
• Member of the Norwegian Research Council Panel of Experts 2005 - present
• Member of ESRC Research College 1998-2001 (main body for assessing ESRC
Research Grants)
• Deputy Chair of ESRC Linguistics Subject Panel for Research Recognition
Exercise (1997- 1999)
• Deputy Chair of ESRC Linguistics Subject Panel for Advanced Course
Recognition Exercise (1996-1999)

10. TEACHING

I was awarded a Drapers Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2006.

A. COURSES AND PROGRAMMES

(i) Undergraduate

Queen Mary: Introduction to Linguistics; Foundations of Linguistics; Explaining

Grammatical Structures; Aspects of Meaning in Language; Syntactic Theory; English
Dialect Syntax; English and Linguistics Research Project, Linguistics and Philosophy.

All of these are new courses at QM, except for Introduction to Linguistics, which I took
over in my first semester.

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(York: Introduction to Linguistics; Syntax; Advanced Syntax; Research in Syntax; Formal

Theories of Discourse; Semantics, Advanced Semantics, Research in Semantics; English
Language: Forms and Structures)

(ii) Masters

Queen Mary: Core Linguistics; Research Methods.

(York: Syntax and Semantics courses at Masters Level. Graduate Research Training
Seminar)

(iii) New Programmes

Joint Programme in English Literature and Linguistics. (met target of 33 fte recruited in
second year of running)

Programme in English Language and Linguistics.

MA by Research in Linguistics

(iv) Other

Queen Mary lead for PhD training consortium including Cambridge, Essex, and UCL for a
succcessful AHRC Research Training Grant(Advanced Core Training in Linguistics).

B. VISITING LECTURESHIPS ETC

• Graduate Course `Variation and Syntax’, UCLA (February 2006)

• Graduate Course ‘Variation and Syntax’, University of Groningen (January 2005)
• Graduate Course `Variation and Syntax’ University of Tromso (Autumn 2004)
• NWCL Graduate Training Course `Celtic Linguistics’ Manchester (Autumn 2003)
• International Summer School in Linguistics, Lublin, Poland (Summer 2003)
‘Minimalist Syntax’
• Lectures on Morphology and Syntax, University of Tromso (Spring 2003).
• DoA and Maitrise courses, University of Lille III (Spring 2002), Erasmus Exchange
Programme.
• MPhil Syntax Seminar Course, University of Oxford (Autumn 1999)
• DPhil supervision, University of Oxford (Autumn 1999)
• International Summer School in Linguistics, Debrecen, Hungary (Summer 1998) -
‘The place of Morphology in Generative Grammar’
• MPhil Advanced Syntax Seminar, University of Oxford (Summer 1998)
• Graduate Seminar Course, Linguistics Department, University College London
(Spring 1997) ‘The Semantics of Functional Categories’
• International Summer School in Linguistics, Olomutz, The Czech Republic (Summer
1997) ‘The Semantics of Functional Categories’
• Graduate Syntax Course at University of Oxford (Autumn, 1996).
• Soros Visiting Lecturer at Eotvos Lorond University, Budapest, (Easter 1996)
‘Checking Theory’
• AIO (Advanced PhD) course at OTS (Research Institute for Language and Speech),
University of Utrecht (Summer term 1996). ‘Topics in the Morphology and Syntax
of the Celtic Languages’

C. RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION (primary supervisor)

(i) PhD:

Queen Mary:

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• Ollie Brownlow (2006 ongoing, FT) – Event Structure and Passives

• Issa Razaq (2005 ongoing, PT) – Relativization in Arabic
• Chiara Chiarlo (2005 ongoing, FT) – Variation and Syntax
• Anja Kleeman (2004 ongoing FT) – Information structure and syntax

Oxford (NB: I agreed to take on primary supervision for these students due to absence of
staff in Oxford)

• Anna McNay (2004 ongoing) – Information structure in DP, CP and vP

• Kerstin Hoge (2001) – Syntax of Wh-movement and Superiority

York

• Sarah Clark-Peasey (MPhil 2006) - Chinese syntax and Semantics

• Joanne Close (2004) - English Dialect Syntax
• Jonny Butler (2004) - Syntax and Semantics of Scope.
• Melody Clarke (2002) - Aspect and Polarity
• Alistair Butler (2001) - Semantics of Exhaustification
• Steve Nicolle (1996) – Pragmatics of function words

(ii) MA by Research

Queen Mary

• Oliver Brownlow (2005) Syntax of ‘get’-passives.

• Jennifer von Massow (2006) Morphology of Deverbal Affixation (Visiting Student)

York

• Jonny Butler (2001) - Syntax of modality

• Alistair Butler (1996) - Syntax/semantics of comparatives
• Melody Clarke (1996) - Temporal semantics
• Sandra Paoli (1995) - Syntax of Italian dialects

I have been on the supervisory panels of over 25 other research students.

I have also supervised over 20 taught MA dissertations.

D. EXTERNAL EXAMINING

• PhD External Examiner: Breheny (UCL, 1999); Pereltsvaig (McGill, Montréal,

2001); Anyadi (Durham, 2001); Morita (Oxford, 2002); Thomas (Westminster
2003); Bury (UCL 2003); Perovic (UCL 2003); Lekakou (UCL 2004); Hong (Essex
2004); Rachel Wojdak (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2005); Fredrik
Heinat (Lund, 2006); Jeff Parrott (Georgetown, 2006); Vina Tsakali (UCL, 2006)
Glenda Newton (Cambridge, 2006); Rob Truswell (UCL 2007); Christopher Johns
(Durham 2007)
• External examiner for Undergraduate Programmes at the University of Essex (2001
- 2004)
• External examiner for MPhil programmes in Linguistics and Philology at the
University of Oxford (2002-2005)

11. ADMINISTRATION

A. UNIVERSITY

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Queen Mary, University of London

Departmental:

• Chair of Linguistics Department, 2003 - 2006/2007.

• Member: Staff Student Liaison Committee (2002-2003); Teaching and Learning
Committee (2003 – 2006); Standing Committee (2003 – 2006) ; Ad Hoc
Committee for Internal Audit (2002); Graduate Studies Committee (2004 – 2006);
MA Conveners Committee (2004 – 2006); Research Committee (2006);
• UCAS Selector for Linguistics (2002 – 2006)
• Open day organiser for Linguistics (2002 – 2006)
• Web Updater for Linguistics (2002-2006)

University:

• Chair, Library User Forum, (2002-2006 (break for sabbatical Jan-September

2005)): includes work on E-Journals Group, Library Hours Review Group.
• Member, Information Systems Board, (2002-2006 (break for sabbatical Jan-
September 2005))
• Member, Research Ethics Committee (2006)
• Member, Arts Faculty Board (2002-2006)

York

Departmental:

• Chair, Language and Linguistic Science Board of Studies (1999 - 2002)

• Chair, Language and Linguistic Science Teaching Committee (1999 - 2002)
• Director of Research (1998-2000)
• Chair, Language and Linguistic Science Graduate Schools Board (1996-1999);
responsible for sucessful restructuring of the Masters programs so as to achieve
ESRC recognition.
• Appraiser;
• Organiser of: Departmental Seminar and Guest Lecture Series (1993 - 1996);
• Convenor: Research Group in Syntax and Semantics (1993 - 2002)

University:

• Member: General Academic Board (1997-1999)

B. EXTERNAL

• Board Member of GLOW and Newsletter editor (2002 ongoing)

• Member of National Linguistics Strategy Group (2005 - 2006)
• Council Member of The Philological Society (2001 - 2006)
• Member QAA National Benchmarking Committee (2001)
• Member of ESRC College of Postgraduate Training Assessors (1997-2000)
• Honorary Secretary Linguistics Association of Great Britain (1995-1998)
• ESRC Senior Examiner (1998-2001)
• Consultant to ESRC on Postgraduate Training Guidelines Revision (1995)

5. REFEREES

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Prof. Ian Roberts, Prof. Peter Svenonius, Prof. James McCloskey,

Dept of Linguistics Department of Linguistics, Stevenson Faculty Services

University of Cambridge CASTL University of California, Santa
Sidgwick Avenue Faculty of Humanities Cruz
Cambridge CB3 9DA University of Tromsø Santa Cruz, CA 95064
England N-9037 Tromsø, USA
NORWAY
Email: Email: Email:
igr20@cam.ac.uk peter.svenonius@hum.uit.no mcclosk@ling.ucsc.edu

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