Farah Nazir
Address: School of Languages, Linguistics & Cultures, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL.
Email: farah.nazir-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
PhD Title: Syntactic and Semantic Properties of Light Verb Constructions in Potwari (Mirpuri)
Supervisors: Dr Andrew Koontz-Garboden and Professor John Payne
Main Discipline Areas
Semantics, Syntax, and their interface, South-Asian Languages and Language documentation.
Research Interests
- Compositional Semantics
- Verb Semantics
- Lexical and Grammatical Aspect
- Grammatical Alignment Systems
- Unaccusativity
- South-Asian Languages
- Language Documentation & Contact
- Phonetics
Teaching Areas
- TA for Introducing English Grammar (LELA10041)
- TA for Introduction to Semantics
Professional biography
MA in Linguistics, University of Manchester, 2010
BA in English Language, University of Manchester, 2009