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British linguist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Maggie Tallerman | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Hull |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Linguistics |
Institutions | Newcastle University Durham University |
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]
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]
Her works include:
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