Academic staff
Meet the people that make up our of Linguistics and English Language department.
The department of Linguistics and English Language has a diverse staff, working in a wide range of different areas.
Academic staff
Dr Maciej Baranowski
- Senior Lecturer in English Sociolinguistics
- Research areas: Language Variation and Change
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- Email: maciej.baranowski@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Delia Bentley
- Professor of Romance Linguistics
- Research areas: Romance, Dialectology, Morphosyntax
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- Email: delia.bentley@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero
- Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and English Language
- Research areas: Phonology, Morphology, Diachrony
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- Email: ricardo.bermudez-otero@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Kersti Börjars
- Professor of Linguistics
- Research areas: Historical linguistics, Syntactic Theory, Morphological Theory, Germanic
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- Email: kersti.borjars@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Tine Breban
- Senior Lecturer in English Language
- Research areas: Historical linguistics, Cognitive and Functional Grammar
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- Email: tine.breban@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Thea Cameron-Faulkner
- Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
- Research areas: Prelinguistic communication, Interaction and Language Development
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- Email: t.cameron@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Martina Faller
- Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
- Research areas: Semantics, Pragmatics, Descriptive Morphology, Quechua
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- Email: martina.t.faller@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Lauren Fonteyn
- Lecturer in Historical Linguistics
- Research areas: Historical Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Functional Linguistics, Construction Grammar, Language Change and Evolution
- Email: lauren.fonteyn@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen
- Professor of French Language and Linguistics
- Research areas: Semantics, Pragmatics, Verbal Interaction, Historical Linguistics, Functional-Cognitive Linguistics
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- Email: maj-britt.mosegaardHansen@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Marije van Hattum
- Lecturer in English Language
- Research areas: Historical Sociolinguistics, Language Variation and Change, Corpus Linguistics
- Email: marije.vanhattum@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Rodney Hermeston
- Part-time Lecturer in Linguistics
- Email: rodney.hermeston@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Wendell Kimper
- Lecturer in Linguistics
- Research areas: Experimental Phonology and Phonetics, Quantitative Methods
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- Email: wendell.kimper@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Koontz-Garboden
- Professor of Linguistics, Head of Division
- Research areas: Semantics, Morphosyntax, Field Linguistics
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- Email: andrewkg@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Viktor Leggio
- Lecturer in Linguistics
- Email: daniele.leggio@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Yaron Matras
- Professor of Linguistics
- Research areas: Language Contact, Bilingualism, Language Documentation, Language Planning, Typology
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- Email: yaron.matras@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Andrea Nini
- Lecturer in English Language
- Research areas: Forensic Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Register Variation, Stylistics, Idiolect, Quantitative Linguistics
- Email: andrea.nini@manchester.ac.uk
Professor John Payne
- Mont Follick Chair, Professor of Linguistics
- Research areas: English Grammar, Syntax
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- Email: john.payne@manchester.ac.uk
Professor Eva Schultze-Berndt
- Professor of Linguistics
- Research areas: Typology, Syntax, Field Linguistics
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- Email: eva.schultze-berndt@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk
- Lecturer in Linguistics and Quantitative Methods
- Research areas: Phonetics, Phonology, Sound Change
- Email: patrycja.strycharczuk@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Julio Villa-García
- Lecturer in Spanish Linguistics and Syntax
- Research areas: Generative Syntax, Spanish/Romance Linguistics, Language Acquisition
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- Email: julio.villa-garcia@manchester.ac.uk
Dr James Williams
- Part-time Lecturer in Linguistics
- Email: james.williams@manchester.ac.uk
Emeriti
- Professor David Denison - Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics
- Professor Nigel Vincent - Professor Emeritus (Mont Follick Chair) of General and Romance Linguistics
- Professor Alan Cruttenden
Honorary Research Fellows
- Dr Thanh Nyan
- Dr George Walkden
- Dr Nuria Yáñez-Bouza