Maggie Tallerman
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Female
The details
Biography
Introduction
Maggie Tallerman is a professor of linguistics at Newcastle University. 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.
Background
She gained her BA and PhD from the University of Hull in 1979 and 1987 respectively. She has previously held positions at the University of Durham, Department of Linguistics, as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader.
Publications
Her works include:
- 2015 Understanding Syntax published by Routledge.
- 2012 with Kathleen Gibson, editor The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution